Work & commute · Deer Island

Work & commute in Deer Island, OR

Most working residents leave Deer Island for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (18%), St. Helens (11%) and Hillsboro (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 187 Deer Island residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Island.

187live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer Island goes to work

Portland29 mi away

18%34

St. Helens5.5 mi away

11%21

Hillsboro28.5 mi away

6%11

Longview, WA15.7 mi away

5%9

Beaverton31.5 mi away

4%8

Wilsonville43.1 mi away

3%6

Salem70.2 mi away

3%5

Vancouver, WA23.8 mi away

3%5

Scappoose12.1 mi away

2%4

Warrenton54.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%81

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

How far

How far Deer Island commutes

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

18%

21%

44%

17%

18%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Island is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Island are

28 jobs are based in Deer Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deer Island

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Deer Island residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+155%

Jobs based in Deer Island, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 28. 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.