Work & commute · McMinnville

Work & commute in McMinnville, OR

About one in 3 of McMinnville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (7%), Salem (6%) and Newberg (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

5,197 of 14,876 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,679 McMinnville residents head out of town to work, 5,197 work right here, and 9,887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McMinnville.

9,679live here, work elsewhere

5,197live and work here

9,887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McMinnville goes to work

McMinnville (in town)right here

35%5,197

Portland34.6 mi away

7%1,062

Salem21.5 mi away

6%878

Newberg13.1 mi away

6%835

Hillsboro25.1 mi away

3%478

Tualatin23.3 mi away

2%336

Beaverton25.9 mi away

2%261

Wilsonville21.6 mi away

2%238

Tigard24.6 mi away

2%233

Grand Ronde23 mi away

1%128

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%5,230

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

How far

How far McMinnville commutes

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

44%

27%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McMinnville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McMinnville are

15,084 jobs are based in McMinnville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McMinnville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McMinnville

15,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs McMinnville residents hold

14,876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+16%

Jobs based in McMinnville, 2013 → 2023: 12,969 → 15,084. 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.