Work & commute · Junction

Work & commute in Junction, OR

Most working residents leave Junction for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Eugene (33%), Springfield (8%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

356 of 3,019 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,663 Junction residents head out of town to work, 356 work right here, and 1,964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Junction.

2,663live here, work elsewhere

356live and work here

1,964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Junction goes to work

Eugene11.4 mi away

33%1,003

Junction City (in town)right here

12%356

Springfield15.4 mi away

8%249

Salem50 mi away

4%120

Portland95.4 mi away

3%104

Corvallis25 mi away

3%99

Albany29.1 mi away

1%44

Coburg8.7 mi away

1%42

Roseburg68.7 mi away

1%28

Bend94.4 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%949

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

How far

How far Junction commutes

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

26%

46%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Junction is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Junction are

2,320 jobs are based in Junction. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Junction

2,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Junction residents hold

3,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Junction, 2013 → 2023: 1,809 → 2,320. 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.