Work & commute · Philomath

Work & commute in Philomath, OR

Most working residents leave Philomath for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Corvallis (38%), Albany (6%) and Salem (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

203 of 2,418 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,215 Philomath residents head out of town to work, 203 work right here, and 1,189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philomath.

2,215live here, work elsewhere

203live and work here

1,189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philomath goes to work

Corvallis4.5 mi away

38%917

Philomath (in town)right here

8%203

Albany14.2 mi away

6%141

Salem31.1 mi away

5%113

Portland77 mi away

3%82

Eugene35.6 mi away

3%74

Lebanon22.3 mi away

1%33

Springfield38.6 mi away

1%30

Newport34.1 mi away

1%20

Wilsonville60.5 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%788

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

How far

How far Philomath commutes

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

54%

13%

16%

17%

54%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philomath is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Philomath are

1,392 jobs are based in Philomath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Philomath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Philomath

1,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Philomath residents hold

2,418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+30%

Jobs based in Philomath, 2013 → 2023: 1,074 → 1,392. 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.