Work & commute · Oakridge

Work & commute in Oakridge, OR

About one in 4 of Oakridge’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eugene (18%), Springfield (9%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

226 of 947 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 721 Oakridge residents head out of town to work, 226 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakridge.

721live here, work elsewhere

226live and work here

550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakridge goes to work

Oakridge (in town)right here

24%226

Eugene39 mi away

18%173

Springfield33.3 mi away

9%86

Portland124.1 mi away

5%51

Salem85.9 mi away

3%30

Roseburg57.2 mi away

2%16

Albany68.4 mi away

1%13

Chemult50.1 mi away

1%12

Bend61.5 mi away

1%11

Coburg40 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%320

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

How far

How far Oakridge commutes

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

25%

39%

35%

25%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakridge are

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

Jobs based in Oakridge

776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Oakridge residents hold

947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+67%

Jobs based in Oakridge, 2013 → 2023: 464 → 776. 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.