Work & commute · Falls

Work & commute in Falls, OR

Most working residents leave Falls for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (16%), Grand Ronde (11%) and Dallas (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 407 Falls residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls.

407live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falls goes to work

Salem20.7 mi away

16%67

Grand Ronde17 mi away

11%46

Dallas7.3 mi away

9%35

McMinnville26.8 mi away

7%27

Portland60.2 mi away

5%22

Albany23.4 mi away

2%10

Sheridan16.1 mi away

2%9

Corvallis21.8 mi away

2%9

Tigard50 mi away

2%9

Hillsboro51.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%168

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

How far

How far Falls commutes

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

13%

47%

21%

20%

13%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falls is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls are

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

Jobs based in Falls

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Falls residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in Falls, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 90. 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.