Work & commute · Gearhart

Work & commute in Gearhart, OR

Most working residents leave Gearhart for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Seaside (19%), Portland (11%) and Cannon Beach (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 729 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 698 Gearhart residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gearhart.

698live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gearhart goes to work

Seaside2.9 mi away

19%136

Portland70 mi away

11%81

Cannon Beach10 mi away

10%71

Astoria11.9 mi away

9%67

Gearhart (in town)right here

4%31

Warrenton9.9 mi away

4%30

Salem87.9 mi away

4%27

Beaverton65.4 mi away

2%16

Hillsboro59 mi away

2%13

Lake Oswego72.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%245

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

How far

How far Gearhart commutes

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

35%

16%

47%

35%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gearhart is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gearhart are

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

Jobs based in Gearhart

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Gearhart residents hold

729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Gearhart, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 378. 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.