Work & commute · Hillsboro

Work & commute in Hillsboro, OR

About one in 3 of Hillsboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (20%), Beaverton (8%) and Tigard (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

18,023 of 53,239 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35,216 Hillsboro residents head out of town to work, 18,023 work right here, and 67,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsboro.

35,216live here, work elsewhere

18,023live and work here

67,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsboro goes to work

Hillsboro (in town)right here

34%18,023

Portland13.7 mi away

20%10,591

Beaverton6.5 mi away

8%4,489

Tigard10.1 mi away

4%1,905

Aloha3.7 mi away

2%1,186

Tualatin12.8 mi away

2%1,127

Forest Grove8.6 mi away

2%974

Salem41.8 mi away

2%817

Lake Oswego13.6 mi away

1%730

Wilsonville16.7 mi away

1%602

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%12,795

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

How far

How far Hillsboro commutes

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

58%

34%

58%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsboro is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsboro are

85,946 jobs are based in Hillsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillsboro

85,946 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Hillsboro residents hold

53,239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+33%

Jobs based in Hillsboro, 2013 → 2023: 64,675 → 85,946. 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.