Work & commute · Mehama

Work & commute in Mehama, OR

Most working residents leave Mehama for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (15%), Salem (12%) and Lyons (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Mehama residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mehama.

91live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mehama goes to work

Portland51.5 mi away

15%14

Salem21.5 mi away

12%11

Lyons1 mi away

5%5

Mill City7.8 mi away

5%5

Stayton8.6 mi away

4%4

Woodburn27.2 mi away

2%2

Ontario283.7 mi away

2%2

Keizer24.2 mi away

2%2

Corvallis35.5 mi away

2%2

Aloha49.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%42

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

How far

How far Mehama commutes

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

26%

21%

30%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mehama is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mehama are

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

Jobs based in Mehama

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mehama residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+143%

Jobs based in Mehama, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 17. 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.