Work & commute · Sublimity

Work & commute in Sublimity, OR

Most working residents leave Sublimity for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (31%), Stayton (10%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,258 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,219 Sublimity residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sublimity.

1,219live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sublimity goes to work

Salem13 mi away

31%386

Stayton1.7 mi away

10%125

Portland49.4 mi away

7%87

Sublimity (in town)right here

3%39

Albany20.5 mi away

2%31

Silverton12 mi away

2%23

Keizer16.3 mi away

2%20

Wilsonville33.3 mi away

2%20

Hillsboro48.6 mi away

1%18

Eugene55.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%493

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

How far

How far Sublimity commutes

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

25%

46%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sublimity is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sublimity are

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

Jobs based in Sublimity

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sublimity residents hold

1,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+3%

Jobs based in Sublimity, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 531. 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.