Work & commute · Stayton

Work & commute in Stayton, OR

Most working residents leave Stayton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (25%), Portland (6%) and Albany (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

555 of 3,579 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,024 Stayton residents head out of town to work, 555 work right here, and 2,792 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stayton.

3,024live here, work elsewhere

555live and work here

2,792work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stayton goes to work

Salem13.7 mi away

25%904

Stayton (in town)right here

16%555

Portland51.1 mi away

6%221

Albany19.1 mi away

3%97

Sublimity1.7 mi away

2%62

Tigard42.7 mi away

2%59

Beaverton46.5 mi away

2%57

Hillsboro50.1 mi away

2%57

Keizer17.3 mi away

1%47

Lyons9.3 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,475

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

How far

How far Stayton commutes

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

27%

41%

17%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stayton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stayton are

3,347 jobs are based in Stayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stayton

3,347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Stayton residents hold

3,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+6%

Jobs based in Stayton, 2013 → 2023: 3,143 → 3,347. 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.