Work & commute · Keizer

Work & commute in Keizer, OR

Most working residents leave Keizer for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (41%), Portland (7%) and Woodburn (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,272 of 16,146 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 14,874 Keizer residents head out of town to work, 1,272 work right here, and 6,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keizer.

14,874live here, work elsewhere

1,272live and work here

6,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keizer goes to work

Salem5.3 mi away

41%6,674

Keizer (in town)right here

8%1,272

Portland41.2 mi away

7%1,172

Woodburn12.8 mi away

2%370

Wilsonville24.7 mi away

2%282

Hillsboro36.5 mi away

2%275

Hayesville2.7 mi away

2%254

Albany26.1 mi away

2%245

Tualatin28.6 mi away

1%237

Tigard31.4 mi away

1%224

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%5,141

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

How far

How far Keizer commutes

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

56%

14%

24%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keizer is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keizer are

7,466 jobs are based in Keizer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keizer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keizer

7,466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Keizer residents hold

16,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+31%

Jobs based in Keizer, 2013 → 2023: 5,682 → 7,466. 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.