Work & commute · Cornelius

Work & commute in Cornelius, OR

Most working residents leave Cornelius for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (27%), Portland (16%) and Forest Grove (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

312 of 6,819 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,507 Cornelius residents head out of town to work, 312 work right here, and 2,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornelius.

6,507live here, work elsewhere

312live and work here

2,354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cornelius goes to work

Hillsboro5.8 mi away

27%1,812

Portland19.4 mi away

16%1,078

Forest Grove2.9 mi away

9%591

Beaverton11.7 mi away

7%503

Cornelius (in town)right here

5%312

Tigard14.5 mi away

3%194

Aloha8.8 mi away

2%158

Tualatin16.6 mi away

2%140

Salem41.1 mi away

1%100

Wilsonville19.8 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,847

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

How far

How far Cornelius commutes

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

48%

40%

48%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cornelius is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornelius are

2,666 jobs are based in Cornelius. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornelius’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cornelius

2,666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cornelius residents hold

6,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+15%

Jobs based in Cornelius, 2013 → 2023: 2,311 → 2,666. 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.