Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, OR

Most working residents leave Lebanon for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (14%), Corvallis (9%) and Salem (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,492 of 7,852 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 6,360 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 1,492 work right here, and 4,764 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

6,360live here, work elsewhere

1,492live and work here

4,764work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Lebanon (in town)right here

19%1,492

Albany11.4 mi away

14%1,137

Corvallis18.4 mi away

9%745

Salem27.8 mi away

8%623

Eugene34.3 mi away

4%326

Portland70.7 mi away

4%286

Springfield33.1 mi away

2%161

Sweet Home13.4 mi away

2%134

Millersburg13.1 mi away

2%132

Wilsonville54.4 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,725

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

27%

36%

19%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

6,256 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

6,256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

7,852 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+17%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 5,348 → 6,256. 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.