Work & commute · Durham

Work & commute in Durham, OR

Most working residents leave Durham for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (25%), Tualatin (16%) and Tigard (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 866 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 858 Durham residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 2,593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Durham.

858live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

2,593work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Durham goes to work

Portland11.2 mi away

25%219

Tualatin1.5 mi away

16%135

Tigard2.3 mi away

9%76

Beaverton6.4 mi away

5%45

Hillsboro12.4 mi away

5%39

Lake Oswego3.1 mi away

4%38

Wilsonville5.8 mi away

4%32

Salem35 mi away

3%29

Oregon City8.8 mi away

2%18

Sherwood4.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%223

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

How far

How far Durham commutes

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

61%

30%

61%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Durham is a job hub

3.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Durham are

2,601 jobs are based in Durham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Durham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Durham

2,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Durham residents hold

866 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+40%

Jobs based in Durham, 2013 → 2023: 1,863 → 2,601. 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.