Work & commute · Dufur

Work & commute in Dufur, OR

Most working residents leave Dufur for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are The Dalles (17%), Portland (7%) and Maupin (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 204 Dufur residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dufur.

204live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dufur goes to work

The Dalles10.1 mi away

17%38

Dufur (in town)right here

7%15

Portland73.9 mi away

7%15

Maupin19.6 mi away

6%14

Warm Springs46.1 mi away

3%7

Salem99.2 mi away

3%6

Hood River26 mi away

2%5

Madras54.5 mi away

2%5

Bend96.9 mi away

2%4

Wilsonville80.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%107

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

How far

How far Dufur commutes

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

20%

28%

45%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dufur is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dufur are

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

Jobs based in Dufur

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Dufur residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+58%

Jobs based in Dufur, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 150. 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.