Work & commute · Spray

Work & commute in Spray, OR

Most working residents leave Spray for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fossil (23%), Mitchell (13%) and Bend (8%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

2 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Spray residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spray.

47live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spray goes to work

Fossil23.5 mi away

23%11

Mitchell25.1 mi away

13%6

Bend91.9 mi away

8%4

Portland147.3 mi away

6%3

Pasco, WA104.2 mi away

4%2

Spray (in town)right here

2%1

Arlington64.3 mi away

2%1

Wilsonville149 mi away

2%1

Tualatin150.1 mi away

2%1

Madras68.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%17

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

How far

How far Spray commutes

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

26%

15%

52%

7%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spray is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spray are

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

Jobs based in Spray

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Spray residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−10%

Jobs based in Spray, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 37. 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.