Work & commute · Monmouth

Work & commute in Monmouth, OR

Most working residents leave Monmouth for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (24%), Independence (8%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

476 of 4,203 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,727 Monmouth residents head out of town to work, 476 work right here, and 1,838 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monmouth.

3,727live here, work elsewhere

476live and work here

1,838work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monmouth goes to work

Salem11.2 mi away

24%992

Monmouth (in town)right here

11%476

Independence1.6 mi away

8%327

Portland55.1 mi away

7%278

Corvallis19.6 mi away

6%244

Dallas6.4 mi away

5%207

Albany16.8 mi away

4%157

McMinnville24.9 mi away

2%78

Wilsonville38.8 mi away

1%62

Keizer14.5 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,321

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

How far

How far Monmouth commutes

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

30%

41%

12%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monmouth is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monmouth are

2,314 jobs are based in Monmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monmouth

2,314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Monmouth residents hold

4,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−8%

Jobs based in Monmouth, 2013 → 2023: 2,520 → 2,314. 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.