Work & commute · Seaside

Work & commute in Seaside, OR

About one in 3 of Seaside’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cannon Beach (11%), Portland (10%) and Astoria (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

948 of 3,041 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,093 Seaside residents head out of town to work, 948 work right here, and 2,086 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seaside.

2,093live here, work elsewhere

948live and work here

2,086work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seaside goes to work

Seaside (in town)right here

31%948

Cannon Beach7.2 mi away

11%339

Portland68.8 mi away

10%289

Astoria14.6 mi away

6%196

Warrenton12.7 mi away

4%110

Gearhart2.9 mi away

2%74

Hillsboro57.4 mi away

2%72

Beaverton63.9 mi away

2%63

Salem85.5 mi away

2%60

Lincoln City70 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%864

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

How far

How far Seaside commutes

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

48%

13%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seaside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seaside are

3,034 jobs are based in Seaside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seaside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seaside

3,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Seaside residents hold

3,041 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Seaside, 2013 → 2023: 2,941 → 3,034. 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.