Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, OR

43% of Newport’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Portland (7%), Salem (4%) and Lincoln City (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

1,857 of 4,278 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,421 Newport residents head out of town to work, 1,857 work right here, and 4,701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

2,421live here, work elsewhere

1,857live and work here

4,701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Newport (in town)right here

43%1,857

Portland92.9 mi away

7%294

Salem54.3 mi away

4%188

Lincoln City24.7 mi away

4%161

Corvallis37.8 mi away

4%159

Toledo5.4 mi away

3%120

Albany46.6 mi away

2%75

Beaverton84.2 mi away

1%58

Hillsboro82.7 mi away

1%46

Tigard82.8 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,280

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

50%

35%

50%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

6,558 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

6,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Newport residents hold

4,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 6,322 → 6,558. 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.