Work & commute · Mill

Work & commute in Mill, OR

Most working residents leave Mill for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (19%), Stayton (6%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 751 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 698 Mill residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mill.

698live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

443work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mill goes to work

Salem29.3 mi away

19%145

Mill City (in town)right here

7%53

Stayton16.3 mi away

6%47

Portland54.9 mi away

5%39

Albany31.6 mi away

3%25

Eugene57.5 mi away

3%24

Corvallis41.3 mi away

2%17

Lyons6.9 mi away

2%15

Springfield54.3 mi away

2%14

Scio18.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%360

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

How far

How far Mill commutes

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

15%

19%

43%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mill is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mill are

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

Jobs based in Mill

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Mill residents hold

751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+151%

Jobs based in Mill, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 496. 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.