Work & commute · Marlene

Work & commute in Marlene, OR

Most working residents leave Marlene for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (32%), Beaverton (14%) and Hillsboro (14%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 2,517 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,493 Marlene residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlene.

2,493live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlene goes to work

Portland8.3 mi away

32%797

Beaverton2.7 mi away

14%360

Hillsboro5.5 mi away

14%344

Tigard6.7 mi away

5%119

Tualatin9.9 mi away

2%56

Lake Oswego9.2 mi away

2%47

Salem42.2 mi away

2%38

Aloha3.1 mi away

1%37

West Haven-Sylvan2.6 mi away

1%34

Wilsonville14.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%652

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

How far

How far Marlene commutes

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

77%

15%

77%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlene is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlene are

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

Jobs based in Marlene

815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Marlene residents hold

2,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+110%

Jobs based in Marlene, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 815. 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.