Work & commute · Grants Pass

Work & commute in Grants Pass, OR

49% of Grants Pass’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Medford (13%), Roseburg (2%) and Portland (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

7,081 of 14,595 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,514 Grants Pass residents head out of town to work, 7,081 work right here, and 14,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grants Pass.

7,514live here, work elsewhere

7,081live and work here

14,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grants Pass goes to work

Grants Pass (in town)right here

49%7,081

Medford25.4 mi away

13%1,934

Roseburg54.7 mi away

2%324

Portland217.2 mi away

2%289

Central Point21.9 mi away

1%191

Salem172.9 mi away

1%160

Eugene112.8 mi away

1%148

Rogue River8.4 mi away

1%121

Merlin7.9 mi away

1%106

Coos Bay79.8 mi away

1%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,143

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

How far

How far Grants Pass commutes

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

58%

13%

10%

19%

58%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grants Pass is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grants Pass are

21,511 jobs are based in Grants Pass. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grants Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grants Pass

21,511 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Grants Pass residents hold

14,595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+29%

Jobs based in Grants Pass, 2013 → 2023: 16,685 → 21,511. 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.