Work & commute · Gresham

Work & commute in Gresham, OR

Most working residents leave Gresham for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (41%), Troutdale (4%) and Beaverton (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

7,886 of 48,113 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40,227 Gresham residents head out of town to work, 7,886 work right here, and 28,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gresham.

40,227live here, work elsewhere

7,886live and work here

28,124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gresham goes to work

Portland10.4 mi away

41%19,557

Gresham (in town)right here

16%7,886

Troutdale3.5 mi away

4%2,001

Beaverton18.3 mi away

2%997

Hillsboro23.8 mi away

2%955

Salem49 mi away

2%929

Tigard17.5 mi away

2%832

Vancouver, WA12 mi away

2%730

Milwaukie9.5 mi away

1%632

Fairview3.1 mi away

1%508

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%13,086

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

How far

How far Gresham commutes

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

54%

35%

54%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gresham is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gresham are

36,010 jobs are based in Gresham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gresham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gresham

36,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Gresham residents hold

48,113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+17%

Jobs based in Gresham, 2013 → 2023: 30,871 → 36,010. 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.