Work & commute · Odell

Work & commute in Odell, OR

Most working residents leave Odell for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hood River (25%), Portland (4%) and The Dalles (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

127 of 1,099 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 972 Odell residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 665 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odell.

972live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

665work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odell goes to work

Hood River5.3 mi away

25%271

Odell (in town)right here

12%127

Portland53.5 mi away

4%48

The Dalles19.5 mi away

3%37

Salem86.8 mi away

1%13

Bend109.7 mi away

1%11

White Salmon, WA7.2 mi away

1%10

Wilsonville63.2 mi away

1%7

Cascade Locks15.5 mi away

1%6

Gresham44 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%563

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

How far

How far Odell commutes

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

72%

19%

72%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odell is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odell are

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

Jobs based in Odell

792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Odell residents hold

1,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+19%

Jobs based in Odell, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 792. 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.