Work & commute · Prineville

Work & commute in Prineville, OR

About one in 3 of Prineville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bend (16%), Redmond (11%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

1,387 of 4,705 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,318 Prineville residents head out of town to work, 1,387 work right here, and 4,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prineville.

3,318live here, work elsewhere

1,387live and work here

4,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prineville goes to work

Prineville (in town)right here

29%1,387

Bend27.8 mi away

16%759

Redmond16.1 mi away

11%535

Portland122.4 mi away

6%289

Madras29.2 mi away

2%92

Salem114.8 mi away

2%75

Milwaukie117 mi away

1%48

Tigard122.1 mi away

1%37

Sisters34.2 mi away

1%36

Gresham113.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,412

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

How far

How far Prineville commutes

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

34%

17%

21%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prineville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prineville are

5,410 jobs are based in Prineville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prineville

5,410 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Prineville residents hold

4,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+16%

Jobs based in Prineville, 2013 → 2023: 4,656 → 5,410. 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.