Work & commute · North Powder

Work & commute in North Powder, OR

Most working residents leave North Powder for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are La Grande (32%), Union (8%) and Baker City (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 182 North Powder residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Powder.

182live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Powder goes to work

La Grande21.8 mi away

32%60

Union12.6 mi away

8%14

Baker City18.1 mi away

6%11

Portland232.5 mi away

4%8

Pendleton62.4 mi away

4%7

North Powder (in town)right here

2%4

Imbler29.9 mi away

2%3

Tigard238.2 mi away

2%3

Lewiston, ID104.3 mi away

1%2

Cove19.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%72

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

How far

How far North Powder commutes

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

61%

30%

5%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Powder is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Powder are

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

Jobs based in North Powder

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs North Powder residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−17%

Jobs based in North Powder, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 45. 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.