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Work & commute in Stafford, OR

Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (29%), Beaverton (7%) and Lake Oswego (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
10 of 761 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
25%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 751 Stafford residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stafford.

751live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
727work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Stafford goes to work

SherwoodWest LinnWilsonvilleTualatinOregon CityLake OswegoTigardBeavertonHillsboroSalemPortlandStaffordPortlandBeavertonLake OswegoTualatinWest LinnWilsonvilleTigardHillsboroOregon CitySalemStafford
1
Portland10.7 mi away
29%219
2
Beaverton9.5 mi away
7%52
3
Lake Oswego2.4 mi away
7%51
4
Tualatin4.8 mi away
6%42
5
West Linn2.2 mi away
4%32
6
Wilsonville6.7 mi away
4%32
7
Tigard5.9 mi away
4%32
8
Hillsboro15.8 mi away
3%25
9
Oregon City5 mi away
3%22
10
Salem35.9 mi away
3%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%234

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

How far

How far Stafford commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Stafford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stafford are

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

Jobs based in Stafford

737 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Stafford residents hold

761 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month70%
+3%

Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 713 → 737. 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.

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