Work & commute · Central Point

Work & commute in Central Point, OR

Most working residents leave Central Point for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (47%), Grants Pass (5%) and Ashland (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

838 of 8,000 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,162 Central Point residents head out of town to work, 838 work right here, and 4,125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central Point.

7,162live here, work elsewhere

838live and work here

4,125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central Point goes to work

Medford4.1 mi away

47%3,763

Central Point (in town)right here

10%838

Grants Pass21.9 mi away

5%376

Ashland16.7 mi away

3%276

White City5.5 mi away

2%126

Portland218.8 mi away

2%125

Salem176.1 mi away

1%88

Jacksonville5.3 mi away

1%76

Eugene116.6 mi away

1%69

Phoenix8.3 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,199

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Central Point commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

74%

11%

13%

74%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central Point is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Central Point are

4,963 jobs are based in Central Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Central Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Central Point

4,963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Central Point residents hold

8,000 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+37%

Jobs based in Central Point, 2013 → 2023: 3,617 → 4,963. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.