Work & commute · Roseburg

Work & commute in Roseburg, OR

48% of Roseburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Eugene (4%), Medford (3%) and Grants Pass (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

4,507 of 9,333 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,826 Roseburg residents head out of town to work, 4,507 work right here, and 13,402 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roseburg.

4,826live here, work elsewhere

4,507live and work here

13,402work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roseburg goes to work

Roseburg (in town)right here

48%4,507

Eugene58.7 mi away

4%397

Medford66.4 mi away

3%294

Grants Pass54.7 mi away

3%245

Winston8 mi away

3%240

Green5.3 mi away

3%236

Sutherlin11.3 mi away

2%231

Portland163.6 mi away

2%229

Springfield60.3 mi away

2%161

Glide14.8 mi away

1%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,671

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

How far

How far Roseburg commutes

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

62%

27%

62%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roseburg is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Roseburg are

17,909 jobs are based in Roseburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roseburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roseburg

17,909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Roseburg residents hold

9,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+13%

Jobs based in Roseburg, 2013 → 2023: 15,806 → 17,909. 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.