Work & commute · Forest Grove

Work & commute in Forest Grove, OR

Most working residents leave Forest Grove for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (22%), Portland (15%) and Beaverton (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,974 of 12,209 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,235 Forest Grove residents head out of town to work, 1,974 work right here, and 6,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Grove.

10,235live here, work elsewhere

1,974live and work here

6,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Grove goes to work

Hillsboro8.6 mi away

22%2,646

Forest Grove (in town)right here

16%1,974

Portland22.3 mi away

15%1,856

Beaverton14.6 mi away

7%814

Cornelius2.9 mi away

3%368

Tigard17.3 mi away

3%343

Salem41.8 mi away

2%202

Aloha11.7 mi away

2%196

Tualatin19.2 mi away

2%192

Gresham32.4 mi away

1%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,473

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

How far

How far Forest Grove commutes

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

40%

42%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Grove is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Grove are

8,048 jobs are based in Forest Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest Grove

8,048 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Forest Grove residents hold

12,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+29%

Jobs based in Forest Grove, 2013 → 2023: 6,233 → 8,048. 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.