Work & commute · Sutherlin

Work & commute in Sutherlin, OR

Most working residents leave Sutherlin for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Roseburg (31%), Eugene (5%) and Medford (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

492 of 3,204 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,712 Sutherlin residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 1,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutherlin.

2,712live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

1,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutherlin goes to work

Roseburg11.3 mi away

31%1,004

Sutherlin (in town)right here

15%492

Eugene47.4 mi away

5%168

Medford76.4 mi away

4%117

Grants Pass65.9 mi away

3%94

Springfield49.2 mi away

2%72

Portland152.3 mi away

2%68

Winston19.1 mi away

2%53

Green16.5 mi away

2%53

Coos Bay45.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,037

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

How far

How far Sutherlin commutes

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

25%

38%

13%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutherlin is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sutherlin are

1,949 jobs are based in Sutherlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sutherlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sutherlin

1,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sutherlin residents hold

3,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+24%

Jobs based in Sutherlin, 2013 → 2023: 1,566 → 1,949. 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.