Work & commute · Rockcreek

Work & commute in Rockcreek, OR

Most working residents leave Rockcreek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (27%), Hillsboro (25%) and Beaverton (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 4,668 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,594 Rockcreek residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockcreek.

4,594live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockcreek goes to work

Portland11 mi away

27%1,249

Hillsboro3.3 mi away

25%1,149

Beaverton5.9 mi away

10%486

Tigard10 mi away

3%160

Tualatin13.1 mi away

2%76

Rockcreek (in town)right here

2%74

Aloha4.2 mi away

2%74

Salem44 mi away

1%69

Lake Oswego12.8 mi away

1%66

Cedar Hills4.7 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,201

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

How far

How far Rockcreek commutes

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

63%

28%

63%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockcreek 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 Rockcreek are

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

Jobs based in Rockcreek

811 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Rockcreek residents hold

4,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+33%

Jobs based in Rockcreek, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 811. 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.