Work & commute · Tetherow

Work & commute in Tetherow, OR

Most working residents leave Tetherow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bend (54%), Portland (9%) and Redmond (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 327 Tetherow residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tetherow.

327live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tetherow goes to work

Bend3.2 mi away

54%177

Portland121.1 mi away

9%31

Redmond17.8 mi away

5%15

Salem102 mi away

3%9

Tigard118.3 mi away

2%6

Medford139.4 mi away

2%5

Prineville30.8 mi away

1%4

Hillsboro128.2 mi away

1%4

Sisters19.8 mi away

1%3

Troutdale115.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%73

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

How far

How far Tetherow commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tetherow is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tetherow are

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

Jobs based in Tetherow

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Tetherow residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1547%

Jobs based in Tetherow, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 280. 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.