Work & commute · Heppner

Work & commute in Heppner, OR

About one in 5 of Heppner’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (9%), Ione (5%) and Pendleton (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

89 of 414 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 325 Heppner residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heppner.

325live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heppner goes to work

Heppner (in town)right here

21%89

Portland150.3 mi away

9%37

Ione16.4 mi away

5%20

Pendleton42.2 mi away

4%17

Boardman34 mi away

3%11

Hermiston35.7 mi away

2%10

Pilot Rock36.7 mi away

2%7

Umatilla40.5 mi away

2%7

Salem171.3 mi away

1%6

John Day71 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%205

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

How far

How far Heppner commutes

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

27%

14%

21%

38%

27%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heppner is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Heppner are

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

Jobs based in Heppner

622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Heppner residents hold

414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+37%

Jobs based in Heppner, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 622. 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.