Work & commute · Hines

Work & commute in Hines, OR

Most working residents leave Hines for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Burns (42%), Redmond (2%) and Portland (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

63 of 506 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 443 Hines residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hines.

443live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hines goes to work

Burns2.4 mi away

42%212

Hines (in town)right here

12%63

Redmond115.3 mi away

2%12

Portland222.6 mi away

2%12

Bend116.2 mi away

2%11

Ontario109.8 mi away

2%8

Salem216.7 mi away

2%8

Klamath Falls164.9 mi away

1%6

Medford208.5 mi away

1%6

Boise City, ID142.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%163

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

How far

How far Hines commutes

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

61%

38%

61%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hines is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hines are

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

Jobs based in Hines

473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Hines residents hold

506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+46%

Jobs based in Hines, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 473. 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.