Work & commute · Cottage Grove

Work & commute in Cottage Grove, OR

Most working residents leave Cottage Grove for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Eugene (27%), Springfield (10%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

754 of 4,194 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,440 Cottage Grove residents head out of town to work, 754 work right here, and 2,321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottage Grove.

3,440live here, work elsewhere

754live and work here

2,321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottage Grove goes to work

Eugene18.3 mi away

27%1,118

Cottage Grove (in town)right here

18%754

Springfield18.2 mi away

10%435

Salem78 mi away

4%153

Portland121.9 mi away

4%151

Roseburg42.2 mi away

2%79

Creswell9 mi away

2%69

Corvallis54.6 mi away

1%52

Bend88.9 mi away

1%48

Albany57.5 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,296

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

How far

How far Cottage Grove commutes

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

25%

45%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottage Grove is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottage Grove are

3,075 jobs are based in Cottage Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cottage Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cottage Grove

3,075 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cottage Grove residents hold

4,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+18%

Jobs based in Cottage Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,608 → 3,075. 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.