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Work & commute · Saunders Lake

Work & commute in Saunders Lake, OR

Most working residents leave Saunders Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Coos Bay (29%), North Bend (18%) and Grants Pass (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
6 of 307 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 301 Saunders Lake residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saunders Lake.

301live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
102work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Saunders Lake goes to work

PowersMyrtle PointLakesideReedsportMyrtle CreekCoquilleNorth BendGrants PassCoos BayBendMedfordSalemPortlandBunker HillSaunders LakeCoos BayNorth BendGrants PassPortlandBunker HillReedsportMedfordBendSalemSaunders Lake
1
Coos Bay9.6 mi away
29%88
2
North Bend7.9 mi away
18%54
3
Grants Pass87.3 mi away
2%7
4
Portland159.2 mi away
2%7
5
Bunker Hill11.9 mi away
2%7
6
Reedsport13.3 mi away
2%6
7
Medford106.9 mi away
2%6
8
Saunders Lake (in town)right here
2%6
9
Bend149.5 mi away
2%5
10
Salem113.5 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%116

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

How far

How far Saunders Lake commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Saunders Lake is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saunders Lake are

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

Jobs based in Saunders Lake

108 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Saunders Lake residents hold

307 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+108%

Jobs based in Saunders Lake, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 108. 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.

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