Work & commute · Ontario

Work & commute in Ontario, OR

49% of Ontario’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fruitland (6%), Nampa (4%) and Vale (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

2,010 of 4,136 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 2,126 Ontario residents head out of town to work, 2,010 work right here, and 5,611 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontario.

2,126live here, work elsewhere

2,010live and work here

5,611work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontario goes to work

Ontario (in town)right here

49%2,010

Fruitland, ID2.9 mi away

6%262

Nampa, ID36.7 mi away

4%164

Vale13.5 mi away

2%83

Caldwell, ID30.6 mi away

2%78

Nyssa10.2 mi away

2%76

Payette, ID4.5 mi away

2%73

Portland297.1 mi away

2%63

Medford318.1 mi away

1%56

Weiser, ID15.9 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,227

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

How far

How far Ontario commutes

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

67%

17%

67%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontario is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontario are

7,621 jobs are based in Ontario. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ontario’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ontario

7,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ontario residents hold

4,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−7%

Jobs based in Ontario, 2013 → 2023: 8,217 → 7,621. 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.