Work & commute · Madras

Work & commute in Madras, OR

About one in 3 of Madras’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bend (11%), Redmond (8%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,138 of 3,267 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,129 Madras residents head out of town to work, 1,138 work right here, and 2,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madras.

2,129live here, work elsewhere

1,138live and work here

2,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madras goes to work

Madras (in town)right here

35%1,138

Bend42.6 mi away

11%353

Redmond27.9 mi away

8%256

Portland94.4 mi away

6%196

Warm Springs9.8 mi away

4%144

Prineville29.2 mi away

2%69

Salem93.1 mi away

1%43

The Dalles64.6 mi away

1%32

Tigard95.1 mi away

1%28

Eugene105.4 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%980

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

How far

How far Madras commutes

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

42%

10%

19%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madras is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madras are

3,647 jobs are based in Madras. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madras’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madras

3,647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Madras residents hold

3,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+22%

Jobs based in Madras, 2013 → 2023: 2,981 → 3,647. 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.