Work & commute · Dallas

Work & commute in Dallas, OR

Most working residents leave Dallas for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (25%), Portland (7%) and McMinnville (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,124 of 7,294 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,170 Dallas residents head out of town to work, 1,124 work right here, and 3,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dallas.

6,170live here, work elsewhere

1,124live and work here

3,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dallas goes to work

Salem14.2 mi away

25%1,824

Dallas (in town)right here

15%1,124

Portland53.3 mi away

7%509

McMinnville20.8 mi away

3%218

Grand Ronde18.3 mi away

2%177

Monmouth6.4 mi away

2%171

Independence7.2 mi away

2%155

Albany23 mi away

2%155

Corvallis24.4 mi away

2%153

Hillsboro45.6 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,685

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

How far

How far Dallas commutes

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

26%

42%

18%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dallas is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dallas are

4,633 jobs are based in Dallas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dallas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dallas

4,633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Dallas residents hold

7,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+40%

Jobs based in Dallas, 2013 → 2023: 3,316 → 4,633. 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.