Work & commute · Mount Hood

Work & commute in Mount Hood, OR

Most working residents leave Mount Hood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hood River (19%), The Dalles (5%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 130 Mount Hood residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Hood.

130live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Hood goes to work

Hood River12.3 mi away

19%25

The Dalles20.5 mi away

5%6

Portland52.5 mi away

5%6

Odell7 mi away

5%6

Tigard59.5 mi away

2%3

Gresham42.4 mi away

2%3

Bend102.8 mi away

2%3

Cascade Locks17.6 mi away

2%2

White Salmon, WA14 mi away

2%2

Parkdale1.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%72

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

How far

How far Mount Hood commutes

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

30%

36%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Hood is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Hood are

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

Jobs based in Mount Hood

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Mount Hood residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−79%

Jobs based in Mount Hood, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 3. 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.