Work & commute · Shady Cove

Work & commute in Shady Cove, OR

Most working residents leave Shady Cove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (33%), Central Point (5%) and Eagle Point (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 900 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 842 Shady Cove residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Cove.

842live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Cove goes to work

Medford18.7 mi away

33%294

Shady Cove (in town)right here

6%58

Central Point16.5 mi away

5%43

Eagle Point9.6 mi away

4%36

Grants Pass28.8 mi away

3%31

White City12 mi away

3%30

Ashland29.2 mi away

2%17

Salem160.5 mi away

2%15

Portland202.7 mi away

2%15

Eugene101.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%347

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

How far

How far Shady Cove commutes

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

11%

62%

19%

11%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Cove is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Cove are

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

Jobs based in Shady Cove

331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Shady Cove residents hold

900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+19%

Jobs based in Shady Cove, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 331. 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.