Work & commute · Coos Bay

Work & commute in Coos Bay, OR

41% of Coos Bay’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North Bend (14%), Coquille (3%) and Grants Pass (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

2,354 of 5,747 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 3,393 Coos Bay residents head out of town to work, 2,354 work right here, and 6,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coos Bay.

3,393live here, work elsewhere

2,354live and work here

6,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coos Bay goes to work

Coos Bay (in town)right here

41%2,354

North Bend1.8 mi away

14%792

Coquille14.1 mi away

3%162

Grants Pass79.8 mi away

2%139

Roseburg45.6 mi away

2%122

Portland168.2 mi away

2%118

Medford100.5 mi away

2%112

Bunker Hill2.5 mi away

2%97

Eugene72.6 mi away

1%86

Bandon20.6 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,694

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

How far

How far Coos Bay commutes

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

63%

10%

22%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coos Bay is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Coos Bay are

9,320 jobs are based in Coos Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coos Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coos Bay

9,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Coos Bay residents hold

5,747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+14%

Jobs based in Coos Bay, 2013 → 2023: 8,210 → 9,320. 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.