Work & commute · Happy Valley

Work & commute in Happy Valley, OR

Most working residents leave Happy Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (40%), Gresham (5%) and Tigard (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

449 of 11,524 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,075 Happy Valley residents head out of town to work, 449 work right here, and 6,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Happy Valley.

11,075live here, work elsewhere

449live and work here

6,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Happy Valley goes to work

Portland9.9 mi away

40%4,569

Gresham5.7 mi away

5%580

Happy Valley (in town)right here

4%449

Tigard13.4 mi away

3%376

Beaverton15.3 mi away

3%329

Milwaukie5.5 mi away

3%321

Oregon City7.6 mi away

2%277

Hillsboro21.5 mi away

2%256

Lake Oswego9.4 mi away

2%230

Tualatin13.5 mi away

2%220

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,917

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

How far

How far Happy Valley commutes

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

59%

33%

59%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Happy Valley is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Happy Valley are

6,472 jobs are based in Happy Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Happy Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Happy Valley

6,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Happy Valley residents hold

11,524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+46%

Jobs based in Happy Valley, 2013 → 2023: 4,432 → 6,472. 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.