Work & commute · Pendleton

Work & commute in Pendleton, OR

47% of Pendleton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Mission (12%), Hermiston (4%) and Portland (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

3,428 of 7,303 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 3,875 Pendleton residents head out of town to work, 3,428 work right here, and 4,198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pendleton.

3,875live here, work elsewhere

3,428live and work here

4,198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pendleton goes to work

Pendleton (in town)right here

47%3,428

Mission7.5 mi away

12%873

Hermiston24.9 mi away

4%290

Portland185.4 mi away

3%212

La Grande43.1 mi away

2%158

Umatilla29.8 mi away

1%77

Salem210.8 mi away

1%67

Boardman43.5 mi away

1%53

Walla Walla, WA35.6 mi away

1%53

Baker City78.6 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,041

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

How far

How far Pendleton commutes

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

63%

15%

18%

63%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pendleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pendleton are

7,626 jobs are based in Pendleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pendleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pendleton

7,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pendleton residents hold

7,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Pendleton, 2013 → 2023: 7,666 → 7,626. 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.