Work & commute · Irrigon

Work & commute in Irrigon, OR

Most working residents leave Irrigon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hermiston (15%), Boardman (11%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 799 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 776 Irrigon residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irrigon.

776live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irrigon goes to work

Hermiston10.8 mi away

15%121

Boardman10.6 mi away

11%91

Portland154.4 mi away

6%47

Umatilla7.8 mi away

4%32

Pendleton35.7 mi away

3%26

Irrigon (in town)right here

3%23

Richland, WA28.7 mi away

2%13

Heppner37.6 mi away

1%11

Pasco, WA31.1 mi away

1%11

Hood River98.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%414

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

How far

How far Irrigon commutes

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

35%

24%

10%

31%

35%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irrigon is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Irrigon are

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

Jobs based in Irrigon

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Irrigon residents hold

799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−48%

Jobs based in Irrigon, 2013 → 2023: 454 → 234. 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.