Work & commute · Redmond

Work & commute in Redmond, OR

About one in 3 of Redmond’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bend (30%), Portland (5%) and Prineville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

4,696 of 15,630 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 10,934 Redmond residents head out of town to work, 4,696 work right here, and 9,972 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redmond.

10,934live here, work elsewhere

4,696live and work here

9,972work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redmond goes to work

Bend15.4 mi away

30%4,745

Redmond (in town)right here

30%4,696

Portland113.7 mi away

5%807

Prineville16.1 mi away

3%442

Salem101.5 mi away

2%263

Madras27.9 mi away

2%245

Eugene97 mi away

1%227

Sisters18.5 mi away

1%206

Hillsboro122.3 mi away

1%136

Beaverton116.1 mi away

1%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%3,753

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

How far

How far Redmond commutes

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

34%

40%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redmond is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Redmond are

14,668 jobs are based in Redmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redmond

14,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Redmond residents hold

15,630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+56%

Jobs based in Redmond, 2013 → 2023: 9,377 → 14,668. 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.