Work & commute · Mitchell

Work & commute in Mitchell, OR

Most working residents leave Mitchell for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Fossil (23%), Bend (6%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

5 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

4 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 43 Mitchell residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mitchell.

43live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mitchell goes to work

Fossil29.5 mi away

23%11

Mitchell (in town)right here

10%5

Bend67.4 mi away

6%3

Portland138.9 mi away

6%3

Redmond55.2 mi away

4%2

Oroville, CA358.2 mi away

2%1

Missoula, MT335.4 mi away

2%1

Monmouth152.2 mi away

2%1

Boardman90.1 mi away

2%1

Umatilla101.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%19

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

How far

How far Mitchell commutes

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

13%

27%

52%

13%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mitchell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mitchell are

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

Jobs based in Mitchell

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mitchell residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+46%

Jobs based in Mitchell, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 51. 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.