Work & commute · Harrisburg

Work & commute in Harrisburg, OR

Most working residents leave Harrisburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Eugene (20%), Springfield (6%) and Corvallis (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 1,672 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,586 Harrisburg residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisburg.

1,586live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisburg goes to work

Eugene14.9 mi away

20%336

Springfield17.5 mi away

6%108

Harrisburg (in town)right here

5%86

Corvallis21.5 mi away

5%77

Albany24.9 mi away

5%77

Salem45.7 mi away

4%62

Junction City4.4 mi away

4%60

Portland91 mi away

3%57

Coburg10.5 mi away

2%29

Halsey8.2 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%755

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

How far

How far Harrisburg commutes

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

21%

53%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisburg is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisburg are

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

Jobs based in Harrisburg

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Harrisburg residents hold

1,672 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+2%

Jobs based in Harrisburg, 2013 → 2023: 618 → 631. 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.