Work & commute · Rufus

Work & commute in Rufus, OR

Most working residents leave Rufus for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are The Dalles (15%), Moro (10%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 121 Rufus residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rufus.

121live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where Rufus goes to work

The Dalles20.8 mi away

15%19

Moro14.2 mi away

10%13

Portland92.8 mi away

6%8

Rufus (in town)right here

5%6

Bend116.1 mi away

4%5

Biggs Junction5 mi away

4%5

Pasco, WA87.5 mi away

3%4

Culver83.7 mi away

2%3

Wasco7.1 mi away

2%3

Grass Valley22.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%59

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

How far

How far Rufus commutes

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

17%

33%

46%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rufus is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rufus are

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

Jobs based in Rufus

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Rufus residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Rufus, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 74. 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.