Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, OR

60% of Mission’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Pendleton (14%), Hermiston (2%) and Portland (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

216 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 145 Mission residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 1,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

145live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

1,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

Mission (in town)right here

60%216

Pendleton7.5 mi away

14%51

Hermiston32.2 mi away

2%8

Portland192.8 mi away

2%6

Umatilla36.8 mi away

1%4

Walla Walla, WA32.3 mi away

1%4

La Grande36.4 mi away

1%3

Bend170.3 mi away

1%3

Lewiston, ID94.9 mi away

1%2

Heppner48.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%62

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

How far

How far Mission commutes

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

78%

12%

78%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is a job hub

5.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

2,086 jobs are based in Mission. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mission’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mission

2,086 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mission residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+41%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 1,484 → 2,086. 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.