Work & commute · Metolius

Work & commute in Metolius, OR

Most working residents leave Metolius for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madras (24%), Redmond (13%) and Bend (11%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 442 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 440 Metolius residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Metolius.

440live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Metolius goes to work

Madras5.3 mi away

24%108

Redmond22.6 mi away

13%58

Bend37.3 mi away

11%48

Portland97.4 mi away

5%23

Prineville25.3 mi away

4%19

Culver4.8 mi away

2%9

Hillsboro107.4 mi away

2%8

Warm Springs14.5 mi away

2%8

Salem93.6 mi away

1%6

Gresham88.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%150

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

How far

How far Metolius commutes

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

34%

19%

16%

31%

34%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Metolius is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Metolius are

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

Jobs based in Metolius

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Metolius residents hold

442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+29%

Jobs based in Metolius, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 58. 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.