Work & commute · Newberg

Work & commute in Newberg, OR

About one in 5 of Newberg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (9%), Tualatin (7%) and Hillsboro (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,130 of 10,633 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,503 Newberg residents head out of town to work, 2,130 work right here, and 7,698 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newberg.

8,503live here, work elsewhere

2,130live and work here

7,698work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newberg goes to work

Newberg (in town)right here

20%2,130

Portland21.9 mi away

9%936

Tualatin10.2 mi away

7%779

Hillsboro15.1 mi away

6%652

Beaverton13.7 mi away

5%535

Tigard11.7 mi away

5%516

Salem26.7 mi away

5%496

Wilsonville9.2 mi away

4%431

McMinnville13.1 mi away

4%417

Sherwood6.8 mi away

3%323

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,418

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

How far

How far Newberg commutes

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

34%

51%

34%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newberg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newberg are

9,828 jobs are based in Newberg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newberg

9,828 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Newberg residents hold

10,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+30%

Jobs based in Newberg, 2013 → 2023: 7,563 → 9,828. 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.