Work & commute · Molalla

Work & commute in Molalla, OR

Most working residents leave Molalla for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (18%), Oregon City (6%) and Canby (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

421 of 4,726 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,305 Molalla residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 1,803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Molalla.

4,305live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

1,803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Molalla goes to work

Portland27 mi away

18%839

Molalla (in town)right here

9%421

Oregon City13.3 mi away

6%278

Canby9.5 mi away

5%218

Salem26.5 mi away

3%162

Tualatin18.2 mi away

3%149

Tigard21.2 mi away

3%148

Wilsonville14.4 mi away

3%136

Hillsboro31 mi away

3%124

Milwaukie20.5 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,150

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

How far

How far Molalla commutes

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

20%

48%

28%

20%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Molalla is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Molalla are

2,224 jobs are based in Molalla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Molalla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Molalla

2,224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Molalla residents hold

4,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+17%

Jobs based in Molalla, 2013 → 2023: 1,900 → 2,224. 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.