Work & commute · Nehalem

Work & commute in Nehalem, OR

Most working residents leave Nehalem for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Manzanita (9%), Tillamook (7%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 65 Nehalem residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nehalem.

65live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nehalem goes to work

Manzanita2 mi away

9%6

Nehalem (in town)right here

7%5

Tillamook18.4 mi away

7%5

Portland61.4 mi away

7%5

Wheeler2.3 mi away

4%3

Bay City13.7 mi away

4%3

Cannon Beach12.1 mi away

4%3

Hillsboro48.4 mi away

4%3

Seaside18.7 mi away

3%2

Eugene121 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%33

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

How far

How far Nehalem commutes

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

26%

23%

46%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nehalem is a job hub

2.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nehalem are

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

Jobs based in Nehalem

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Nehalem residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+89%

Jobs based in Nehalem, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 174. 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.