Work & commute · Rogue River

Work & commute in Rogue River, OR

Most working residents leave Rogue River for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (27%), Grants Pass (25%) and Central Point (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 828 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 759 Rogue River residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rogue River.

759live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rogue River goes to work

Medford17.6 mi away

27%221

Grants Pass8.4 mi away

25%203

Rogue River (in town)right here

8%69

Central Point13.8 mi away

3%27

Portland215.8 mi away

2%19

Ashland29.3 mi away

1%10

Eugene112 mi away

1%10

Salem172.1 mi away

1%9

White City17.1 mi away

1%9

Jacksonville13.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%245

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

How far

How far Rogue River commutes

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

38%

44%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rogue River 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 Rogue River are

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

Jobs based in Rogue River

776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Rogue River residents hold

828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Rogue River, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 776. 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.