Work & commute · Lincoln Beach

Work & commute in Lincoln Beach, OR

Most working residents leave Lincoln Beach for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln City (18%), Portland (10%) and Newport (9%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 777 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 743 Lincoln Beach residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln Beach.

743live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln Beach goes to work

Lincoln City7.9 mi away

18%137

Portland81.4 mi away

10%75

Newport16.9 mi away

9%69

Salem49.2 mi away

6%45

Depoe Bay4.2 mi away

6%44

Lincoln Beach (in town)right here

4%34

Corvallis41.9 mi away

3%26

Hillsboro70.1 mi away

2%14

Albany48.4 mi away

2%13

Gresham88.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%307

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

How far

How far Lincoln Beach commutes

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

31%

13%

12%

44%

31%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln Beach is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln Beach are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln Beach

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Lincoln Beach residents hold

777 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−1%

Jobs based in Lincoln Beach, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 217. 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.