Work & commute · Riddle

Work & commute in Riddle, OR

Most working residents leave Riddle for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Roseburg (14%), Canyonville (8%) and Grants Pass (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 333 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 314 Riddle residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riddle.

314live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riddle goes to work

Roseburg18.6 mi away

14%45

Canyonville4.7 mi away

8%25

Riddle (in town)right here

6%19

Grants Pass36.1 mi away

4%12

Medford50 mi away

3%11

Eugene77.2 mi away

3%10

Portland181.9 mi away

2%8

Myrtle Creek6.5 mi away

2%7

Tri-City4.1 mi away

2%7

Glide27.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%182

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

How far

How far Riddle commutes

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

39%

22%

12%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riddle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riddle are

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

Jobs based in Riddle

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Riddle residents hold

333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+8%

Jobs based in Riddle, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 274. 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.