Work & commute · Lostine

Work & commute in Lostine, OR

Most working residents leave Lostine for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Enterprise (25%), Wallowa (9%) and La Grande (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 71 Lostine residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lostine.

71live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lostine goes to work

Enterprise8.4 mi away

25%19

Wallowa7.5 mi away

9%7

Lostine (in town)right here

8%6

La Grande33.8 mi away

4%3

Joseph13.4 mi away

3%2

Walla Walla, WA59.3 mi away

3%2

San Carlos, CA605.7 mi away

1%1

Lewiston, ID66 mi away

1%1

Ontario103.4 mi away

1%1

The Dalles180.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%34

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

How far

How far Lostine commutes

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

57%

31%

57%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lostine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lostine are

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

Jobs based in Lostine

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lostine residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−15%

Jobs based in Lostine, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 60. 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.