Work & commute · Scappoose

Work & commute in Scappoose, OR

Most working residents leave Scappoose for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (30%), Hillsboro (9%) and St. Helens (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

370 of 3,907 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,537 Scappoose residents head out of town to work, 370 work right here, and 1,472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scappoose.

3,537live here, work elsewhere

370live and work here

1,472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scappoose goes to work

Portland18.7 mi away

30%1,179

Scappoose (in town)right here

9%370

Hillsboro16.3 mi away

9%367

St. Helens7.3 mi away

6%224

Beaverton19.5 mi away

4%144

Salem58.1 mi away

2%89

Tigard23.6 mi away

2%86

Tualatin26.8 mi away

2%74

Vancouver, WA15.7 mi away

1%54

Lake Oswego25.2 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,275

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

How far

How far Scappoose commutes

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

20%

55%

12%

13%

20%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scappoose is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scappoose are

1,842 jobs are based in Scappoose. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scappoose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scappoose

1,842 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Scappoose residents hold

3,907 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+31%

Jobs based in Scappoose, 2013 → 2023: 1,407 → 1,842. 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.