Work & commute · Hermiston

Work & commute in Hermiston, OR

About one in 3 of Hermiston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Umatilla (6%), Boardman (4%) and Pendleton (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

2,755 of 8,138 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 5,383 Hermiston residents head out of town to work, 2,755 work right here, and 4,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hermiston.

5,383live here, work elsewhere

2,755live and work here

4,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hermiston goes to work

Hermiston (in town)right here

34%2,755

Umatilla6.3 mi away

6%524

Boardman19.6 mi away

4%343

Pendleton24.9 mi away

4%321

Portland163.7 mi away

3%225

Richland, WA31.4 mi away

1%101

Kennewick, WA25.7 mi away

1%100

Pasco, WA30.9 mi away

1%86

La Grande67.8 mi away

1%74

Salem192 mi away

1%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,535

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

How far

How far Hermiston commutes

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

64%

12%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hermiston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hermiston are

7,512 jobs are based in Hermiston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hermiston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hermiston

7,512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hermiston residents hold

8,138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Hermiston, 2013 → 2023: 7,203 → 7,512. 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.