Work & commute · Paisley

Work & commute in Paisley, OR

Most working residents leave Paisley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Klamath Falls (7%), Bend (7%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 70 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

70 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 73 Paisley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paisley.

73live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paisley goes to work

Klamath Falls70.9 mi away

7%5

Bend101.7 mi away

7%5

Portland222.5 mi away

5%4

Paisley (in town)right here

4%3

Lakeview36 mi away

4%3

Troutdale217 mi away

3%2

Eugene160 mi away

3%2

Yreka, CA126 mi away

1%1

Industry, CA615.1 mi away

1%1

Ontario, CA618.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%49

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

How far

How far Paisley commutes

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

11%

22%

59%

11%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paisley 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 Paisley are

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

Jobs based in Paisley

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Paisley residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+41%

Jobs based in Paisley, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 62. 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.