Work & commute · River Road

Work & commute in River Road, OR

Most working residents leave River Road for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eugene (56%), Springfield (11%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 3,398 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,346 River Road residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Road.

3,346live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Road goes to work

Eugene2 mi away

56%1,916

Springfield7.8 mi away

11%387

Portland103.2 mi away

4%123

Salem58.3 mi away

2%69

River Road (in town)right here

2%52

Coburg5.3 mi away

1%33

Junction City9.5 mi away

1%27

Tigard94.1 mi away

1%26

Bend90.6 mi away

1%26

Albany37.6 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%716

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

How far

How far River Road commutes

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

76%

17%

76%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Road is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Road are

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

Jobs based in River Road

587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs River Road residents hold

3,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in River Road, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 587. 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.