Work & commute · Sumpter

Work & commute in Sumpter, OR

Most working residents leave Sumpter for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Baker City (28%), La Grande (6%) and Pendleton (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Sumpter residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumpter.

51live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumpter goes to work

Baker City18.1 mi away

28%15

La Grande40.5 mi away

6%3

Sumpter (in town)right here

4%2

Pendleton71.2 mi away

4%2

Tigard228.6 mi away

4%2

Spray78.5 mi away

2%1

Aurora225.3 mi away

2%1

Mount Vernon50.4 mi away

2%1

Prairie City31.9 mi away

2%1

Elgin58.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%24

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

How far

How far Sumpter commutes

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

39%

20%

37%

4%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumpter is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumpter are

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

Jobs based in Sumpter

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Sumpter residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1563%

Jobs based in Sumpter, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 133. 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.