Work & commute · Talent

Work & commute in Talent, OR

Most working residents leave Talent for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (36%), Ashland (20%) and Central Point (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 2,178 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,075 Talent residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talent.

2,075live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talent goes to work

Medford7.5 mi away

36%780

Ashland5.4 mi away

20%442

Talent (in town)right here

5%103

Central Point11.5 mi away

3%57

Grants Pass31.2 mi away

2%48

Phoenix3.2 mi away

2%46

Portland227.9 mi away

2%41

Eugene126.7 mi away

2%33

White City13.5 mi away

1%24

Salem185.8 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%585

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

How far

How far Talent commutes

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

67%

12%

17%

67%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talent is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Talent are

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

Jobs based in Talent

821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Talent residents hold

2,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Talent, 2013 → 2023: 878 → 821. 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.