Work & commute · Medford

Work & commute in Medford, OR

55% of Medford’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ashland (5%), Grants Pass (4%) and Central Point (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55%

18,718 of 33,874 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,156 Medford residents head out of town to work, 18,718 work right here, and 30,679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medford.

15,156live here, work elsewhere

18,718live and work here

30,679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medford goes to work

Medford (in town)right here

55%18,718

Ashland12.7 mi away

5%1,638

Grants Pass25.4 mi away

4%1,364

Central Point4.1 mi away

4%1,304

Portland221.4 mi away

2%683

Phoenix4.4 mi away

1%395

White City6.7 mi away

1%394

Eugene119.7 mi away

1%377

Salem179 mi away

1%369

Eagle Point9.5 mi away

1%292

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%8,340

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

How far

How far Medford commutes

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

73%

15%

73%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Medford are

49,397 jobs are based in Medford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medford

49,397 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Medford residents hold

33,874 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+16%

Jobs based in Medford, 2013 → 2023: 42,408 → 49,397. 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.