Work & commute · Moro

Work & commute in Moro, OR

Most working residents leave Moro for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are The Dalles (7%), Portland (7%) and Grass Valley (5%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 116 Moro residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moro.

116live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moro goes to work

The Dalles21.8 mi away

7%9

Portland92.9 mi away

7%9

Moro (in town)right here

6%8

Grass Valley9 mi away

5%6

Wasco7.7 mi away

5%6

Biggs Junction13.5 mi away

3%4

Rufus14.2 mi away

2%3

Hillsboro106.5 mi away

2%3

Kennewick, WA89.7 mi away

2%3

Lonerock49.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%71

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

How far

How far Moro commutes

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

26%

17%

49%

26%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moro is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moro are

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

Jobs based in Moro

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Moro residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+26%

Jobs based in Moro, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 268. 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.