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Work & commute · Long Creek

Work & commute in Long Creek, OR

Most working residents leave Long Creek for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are John Day (12%), Portland (12%) and Prairie City (10%). Half commute less than 101 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
3 of 42 working residents
Typical commute
101 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39 Long Creek residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Creek.

39live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
253work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Long Creek goes to work

BoulderGraniteMonumentMount VernonPrairie CityLong CreekCanyon CityJohn DayMolallaLa GrandeTroutdaleBaker CityPortlandKennewickVancouverJohn DayPortlandPrairie CityKennewickBoulderCanyon CityMolallaLa GrandeTroutdaleLong Creek
1
John Day21.7 mi away
12%5
2
Portland181.9 mi away
12%5
3
Prairie City26.1 mi away
10%4
4
Long Creek (in town)right here
7%3
5
Kennewick, WA102.6 mi away
5%2
6
Boulder, CO776.5 mi away
2%1
7
Canyon City23.5 mi away
2%1
8
Molalla172.9 mi away
2%1
9
La Grande65.2 mi away
2%1
10
Troutdale170.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%18

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

How far

How far Long Creek commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
57%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Long Creek is a job hub

6.10jobs per working resident
A job hub

6.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Creek are

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

Jobs based in Long Creek

256 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)86%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)12%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Long Creek residents hold

42 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+611%

Jobs based in Long Creek, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 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.

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