Work & commute · Gates

Work & commute in Gates, OR

Most working residents leave Gates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (20%), Stayton (6%) and Mill City (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 179 Gates residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gates.

179live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gates goes to work

Salem31.7 mi away

20%36

Stayton18.9 mi away

6%11

Mill City2.8 mi away

5%9

Hillsboro58.7 mi away

4%7

Portland55.1 mi away

4%7

Lyons9.6 mi away

3%6

Wilsonville42 mi away

3%5

Silverton24.6 mi away

2%4

Keizer33.9 mi away

2%4

Gresham51.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%87

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

How far

How far Gates commutes

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

11%

18%

50%

21%

11%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gates is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gates are

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

Jobs based in Gates

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Gates residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+107%

Jobs based in Gates, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 31. 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.