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Work & commute in Nesika Beach · A commuter town

96% of Nesika Beach’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Nesika Beach for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gold Beach (25%), Coos Bay (12%) and Brookings (10%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Work in town
4%
6 of 139 working residents
Typical commute
32 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
21%
More than OR (19%)
Jobs based here
35
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Nesika Beach?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

25% of working residents work in Gold Beach

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Port Orford: 3 residents work here (2%)CoquilleGold Beach: 35 residents work here (25%)Brookings: 14 residents work here (10%)Grants Pass: 3 residents work here (2%)Coos Bay: 16 residents work here (12%)Roseburg: 4 residents work here (3%)Medford: 5 residents work here (4%)Salem: 4 residents work here (3%)Portland: 3 residents work here (2%)WedderburnRoseburg NorthHarborNesika BeachGold BeachCoos BayBrookingsMedfordRoseburgSalemNesika Beach
1
Gold Beach7.4 mi away
25%35
2
Coos Bay61 mi away
12%16
3
Brookings30.5 mi away
10%14
4
Nesika Beach (in town)right here
4%6
5
Medford80 mi away
4%5
6
Roseburg72.6 mi away
3%4
7
Salem180.6 mi away
3%4
8
Port Orford17.4 mi away
2%3
9
Grants Pass54.7 mi away
2%3
10
Portland226.7 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%46
The top trips

Where Nesika Beach clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Nesika Beach quiets down on a workday

On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.

133live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
29work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night470
Workday360
470live here− 130head out to work+ 29come in to work= 360on a workday

About 360 people are in Nesika Beach on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Nesika Beach commutes less than 32 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGold Beach: 25% · 7.4 miCoos Bay: 12% · 61 miBrookings: 10% · 30.5 miMedford: 4% · 80 miRoseburg: 3% · 72.6 miSalem: 3% · 180.6 miPort Orford: 2% · 17.4 miGrants Pass: 2% · 54.7 miPortland: 2% · 226.7 miGold Beach 25%Coos Bay 12%Brookings 10%Medford 4%Roseburg 3%Nesika Beach
Nesika BeachTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi57 residents
3%10–24 mi4 residents
13%25–50 mi18 residents
43%Over 50 mi60 residents

About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Nesika Beach makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in Nesika BeachJobs Nesika Beach residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms63%14%
Trade, transport & utilities20%22%
Services: health, schools, offices17%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%40%
Over $3,333 a month63%47%

Who does it

29 or younger3%21%
30 to 5457%42%
55 and older40%37%
−8%

Jobs based in Nesika Beach, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 35. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Nesika Beach

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
21%

of Nesika Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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