Work & commute · Ione

Work & commute in Ione, OR

Most working residents leave Ione for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Heppner (20%), Portland (9%) and Boardman (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 127 Ione residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ione.

127live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ione goes to work

Heppner16.4 mi away

20%26

Portland136.9 mi away

9%11

Boardman23.9 mi away

5%7

Pendleton49.9 mi away

4%5

Umatilla37.1 mi away

2%3

John Day86.1 mi away

2%2

Hermiston34.5 mi away

2%2

Hillsboro150.6 mi away

2%2

Yakima, WA82.9 mi away

2%2

Ione (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%67

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

How far

How far Ione commutes

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

34%

17%

44%

6%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ione is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ione are

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

Jobs based in Ione

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ione residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−11%

Jobs based in Ione, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 102. 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.