Work & commute · Klamath Falls

Work & commute in Klamath Falls, OR

46% of Klamath Falls’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Altamont (12%), Medford (3%) and Bend (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

3,763 of 8,110 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 4,347 Klamath Falls residents head out of town to work, 3,763 work right here, and 8,222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Klamath Falls.

4,347live here, work elsewhere

3,763live and work here

8,222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Klamath Falls goes to work

Klamath Falls (in town)right here

46%3,763

Altamont2.9 mi away

12%1,008

Medford55.6 mi away

3%256

Bend129.4 mi away

3%222

Portland233.6 mi away

1%119

Salem197.2 mi away

1%84

Running Y Ranch6.4 mi away

1%80

Boise City, ID296.3 mi away

1%65

Ashland47.2 mi away

1%60

Grants Pass80.9 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,394

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

How far

How far Klamath Falls commutes

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

70%

26%

70%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Klamath Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Klamath Falls are

11,985 jobs are based in Klamath Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Klamath Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Klamath Falls

11,985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Klamath Falls residents hold

8,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+2%

Jobs based in Klamath Falls, 2013 → 2023: 11,723 → 11,985. 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.