Work & commute · Parkdale

Work & commute in Parkdale, OR

Most working residents leave Parkdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hood River (20%), Portland (6%) and The Dalles (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 Parkdale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkdale.

109live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkdale goes to work

Hood River13.9 mi away

20%22

Portland51.2 mi away

6%7

The Dalles22.1 mi away

5%6

Bend101.6 mi away

4%4

Salem80.7 mi away

4%4

Odell8.7 mi away

4%4

Cascade Locks17.5 mi away

2%2

Eugene125.4 mi away

2%2

Menlo Park, CA555.8 mi away

1%1

Hubbard63.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%57

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

How far

How far Parkdale commutes

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

20%

40%

32%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkdale are

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

Jobs based in Parkdale

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Parkdale residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+28%

Jobs based in Parkdale, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 92. 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.