Work & commute · King

Work & commute in King, OR

Most working residents leave King for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (27%), Tigard (10%) and Beaverton (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 2,181 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,155 King residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in King.

2,155live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where King goes to work

Portland12.1 mi away

27%583

Tigard1.9 mi away

10%210

Beaverton5.3 mi away

9%198

Tualatin2.3 mi away

9%189

Hillsboro10.5 mi away

7%142

Lake Oswego5.3 mi away

3%65

Wilsonville6.5 mi away

3%61

Salem34.6 mi away

3%59

Sherwood3.4 mi away

2%39

Newberg9.9 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%604

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

How far

How far King commutes

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

54%

36%

54%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

King 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 King are

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

Jobs based in King

628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs King residents hold

2,181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−23%

Jobs based in King, 2013 → 2023: 813 → 628. 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.