Work & commute · Santa Clara

Work & commute in Santa Clara, OR

Most working residents leave Santa Clara for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eugene (53%), Springfield (12%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 4,434 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,387 Santa Clara residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Clara.

4,387live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Clara goes to work

Eugene4.1 mi away

53%2,339

Springfield8.7 mi away

12%519

Portland101.1 mi away

4%174

Salem56.2 mi away

2%91

Junction City7.4 mi away

2%69

Coburg4.2 mi away

1%53

Santa Clara (in town)right here

1%47

Corvallis32.2 mi away

1%34

River Road2.2 mi away

1%34

Bend90.7 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,043

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

How far

How far Santa Clara commutes

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

75%

18%

75%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Clara is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Clara are

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

Jobs based in Santa Clara

570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Santa Clara residents hold

4,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+53%

Jobs based in Santa Clara, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 570. 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.