Work & commute · Gardiner

Work & commute in Gardiner, OR

Most working residents leave Gardiner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Reedsport (25%), Eugene (10%) and Florence (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 88 Gardiner residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardiner.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardiner goes to work

Reedsport2.4 mi away

25%22

Eugene54 mi away

10%9

Florence18 mi away

7%6

Portland143.8 mi away

4%4

Coos Bay25.1 mi away

3%3

Gold Beach93.3 mi away

2%2

Grants Pass98 mi away

2%2

Roseburg51.7 mi away

2%2

Springfield60.3 mi away

2%2

Winchester Bay5.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%35

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

How far

How far Gardiner commutes

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

31%

20%

40%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardiner is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardiner are

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

Jobs based in Gardiner

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less64%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs Gardiner residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+83%

Jobs based in Gardiner, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 11. 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.