Work & commute · Melrose

Work & commute in Melrose, OR

Most working residents leave Melrose for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Roseburg (40%), Winston (5%) and Eugene (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 289 Melrose residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melrose.

289live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melrose goes to work

Roseburg5.7 mi away

40%118

Winston9.3 mi away

5%16

Eugene58.1 mi away

5%16

Green7.8 mi away

3%10

Portland162.8 mi away

2%7

Sutherlin11.4 mi away

2%6

Grants Pass57.1 mi away

2%6

Springfield60.2 mi away

2%6

Medford70.4 mi away

2%6

Glide19.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%95

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

How far

How far Melrose commutes

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

62%

27%

62%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melrose is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melrose are

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

Jobs based in Melrose

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Melrose residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+38%

Jobs based in Melrose, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 163. 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.