Work & commute · Harbor

Work & commute in Harbor, OR

Most working residents leave Harbor for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (28%), Grants Pass (4%) and Crescent City (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

128 of 717 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 589 Harbor residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 861 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harbor.

589live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

861work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harbor goes to work

Brookings3.7 mi away

28%199

Harbor (in town)right here

18%128

Grants Pass54.4 mi away

4%27

Crescent City, CA19 mi away

3%24

Portland254.7 mi away

3%20

Medford74.6 mi away

3%19

Roseburg93.9 mi away

2%17

Salem208.8 mi away

2%17

Gold Beach26.7 mi away

2%14

Eugene150.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%240

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

How far

How far Harbor commutes

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

55%

38%

55%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harbor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Harbor

989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Harbor residents hold

717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+32%

Jobs based in Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 752 → 989. 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.