Work & commute · Depoe Bay

Work & commute in Depoe Bay, OR

Most working residents leave Depoe Bay for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln City (14%), Newport (11%) and Portland (10%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

62 of 519 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 457 Depoe Bay residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Depoe Bay.

457live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Depoe Bay goes to work

Lincoln City12 mi away

14%73

Depoe Bay (in town)right here

12%62

Newport13 mi away

11%56

Portland85.1 mi away

10%54

Salem51.4 mi away

4%21

Lincoln Beach4.2 mi away

4%20

Corvallis41.8 mi away

2%9

McMinnville50.7 mi away

1%7

Tigard75.3 mi away

1%7

Vancouver, WA91.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%203

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

How far

How far Depoe Bay commutes

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

23%

47%

23%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Depoe Bay is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Depoe Bay are

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

Jobs based in Depoe Bay

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Depoe Bay residents hold

519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Depoe Bay, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 349. 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.