Work & commute · Imbler

Work & commute in Imbler, OR

Most working residents leave Imbler for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are La Grande (29%), Cove (5%) and Pendleton (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 73 Imbler residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Imbler.

73live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Imbler goes to work

La Grande11.2 mi away

29%23

Imbler (in town)right here

8%6

Cove13.6 mi away

5%4

Pendleton44 mi away

4%3

Portland227 mi away

4%3

Union18.1 mi away

3%2

Baker City47.9 mi away

3%2

Eugene270.9 mi away

3%2

Walla Walla, WA45.5 mi away

3%2

Kennewick, WA77.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%30

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

How far

How far Imbler commutes

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

21%

44%

13%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Imbler is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Imbler are

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

Jobs based in Imbler

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Imbler residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+185%

Jobs based in Imbler, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 111. 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.