Work & commute · Joseph

Work & commute in Joseph, OR

About one in 5 of Joseph’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Enterprise (32%), Portland (5%) and Wallowa Lake (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

73 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 287 Joseph residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joseph.

287live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joseph goes to work

Enterprise5.6 mi away

32%114

Joseph (in town)right here

20%73

Portland263 mi away

5%18

Wallowa Lake3.7 mi away

3%10

Baker City49.5 mi away

2%7

La Grande41.6 mi away

1%5

Richland, WA118.5 mi away

1%5

Wallowa20.9 mi away

1%4

Bend219.3 mi away

1%4

Hermiston104.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%117

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

How far

How far Joseph commutes

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

63%

30%

63%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joseph is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Joseph are

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

Jobs based in Joseph

381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Joseph residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Joseph, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 381. 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.