Work & commute · Gilchrist

Work & commute in Gilchrist, OR

Most working residents leave Gilchrist for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bend (25%), Crescent (6%) and Boise City (4%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 48 Gilchrist residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilchrist.

48live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilchrist goes to work

Bend44.3 mi away

25%13

Gilchrist (in town)right here

9%5

Crescent1.8 mi away

6%3

Boise City, ID273.7 mi away

4%2

Prineville70.2 mi away

4%2

Redmond59.7 mi away

4%2

Weed, CA147 mi away

2%1

Twin Falls, ID370.7 mi away

2%1

Siletz139.9 mi away

2%1

Culver76.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%22

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

How far

How far Gilchrist commutes

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

17%

42%

34%

17%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilchrist is a job hub

4.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilchrist are

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

Jobs based in Gilchrist

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Gilchrist residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+133%

Jobs based in Gilchrist, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 217. 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.