Work & commute · Estacada

Work & commute in Estacada, OR

Most working residents leave Estacada for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (25%), Gresham (6%) and Oregon City (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

218 of 2,154 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,936 Estacada residents head out of town to work, 218 work right here, and 1,469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estacada.

1,936live here, work elsewhere

218live and work here

1,469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estacada goes to work

Portland22.6 mi away

25%529

Estacada (in town)right here

10%218

Gresham15.1 mi away

6%126

Oregon City13 mi away

4%86

Sandy7.6 mi away

3%67

Salem42.5 mi away

3%58

Hillsboro33 mi away

2%53

Milwaukie17.3 mi away

2%46

Wilsonville21.3 mi away

2%45

Tualatin22.2 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%882

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

How far

How far Estacada commutes

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

20%

59%

16%

20%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estacada is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Estacada are

1,687 jobs are based in Estacada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Estacada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Estacada

1,687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Estacada residents hold

2,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+33%

Jobs based in Estacada, 2013 → 2023: 1,269 → 1,687. 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.