Work & commute · Silverton

Work & commute in Silverton, OR

Most working residents leave Silverton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (19%), Portland (10%) and Woodburn (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

694 of 4,759 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,065 Silverton residents head out of town to work, 694 work right here, and 2,701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silverton.

4,065live here, work elsewhere

694live and work here

2,701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silverton goes to work

Salem13 mi away

19%907

Silverton (in town)right here

15%694

Portland37.4 mi away

10%476

Woodburn10.7 mi away

3%143

Wilsonville21.3 mi away

3%120

Mount Angel4.6 mi away

2%101

Tualatin25.8 mi away

2%76

Stayton13.7 mi away

2%75

Oregon City25.1 mi away

1%68

Hillsboro36.8 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,033

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

How far

How far Silverton commutes

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

27%

40%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silverton is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silverton are

3,395 jobs are based in Silverton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silverton

3,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Silverton residents hold

4,759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+8%

Jobs based in Silverton, 2013 → 2023: 3,141 → 3,395. 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.