Work & commute · Hood River

Work & commute in Hood River, OR

About one in 3 of Hood River’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (7%), The Dalles (7%) and Odell (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,393 of 3,861 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,468 Hood River residents head out of town to work, 1,393 work right here, and 4,924 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hood River.

2,468live here, work elsewhere

1,393live and work here

4,924work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hood River goes to work

Hood River (in town)right here

36%1,393

Portland55.7 mi away

7%278

The Dalles19.5 mi away

7%263

Odell5.3 mi away

3%103

White Salmon, WA2.3 mi away

2%84

Bend114.7 mi away

2%77

Salem90.8 mi away

2%65

Gresham46.6 mi away

1%40

Hillsboro69.2 mi away

1%28

Cascade Locks16.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,503

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

How far

How far Hood River commutes

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

54%

12%

30%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hood River is a job hub

1.64jobs 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 Hood River are

6,317 jobs are based in Hood River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hood River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hood River

6,317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hood River residents hold

3,861 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+25%

Jobs based in Hood River, 2013 → 2023: 5,066 → 6,317. 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.