Work & commute · Scio

Work & commute in Scio, OR

Most working residents leave Scio for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (15%), Albany (10%) and Lebanon (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 359 Scio residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scio.

359live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scio goes to work

Salem17.4 mi away

15%55

Albany13.2 mi away

10%38

Lebanon12.4 mi away

6%24

Corvallis23 mi away

5%18

Portland58.4 mi away

4%15

Scio (in town)right here

3%11

Eugene46.6 mi away

2%9

Springfield45.4 mi away

2%7

Stayton7.4 mi away

2%6

Millersburg11 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%181

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

How far

How far Scio commutes

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

14%

56%

12%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scio is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scio are

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

Jobs based in Scio

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Scio residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−20%

Jobs based in Scio, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 337. 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.