Work & commute · Tigard

Work & commute in Tigard, OR

Most working residents leave Tigard for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (28%), Beaverton (10%) and Hillsboro (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,464 of 27,177 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,713 Tigard residents head out of town to work, 3,464 work right here, and 39,708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tigard.

23,713live here, work elsewhere

3,464live and work here

39,708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tigard goes to work

Portland10.2 mi away

28%7,643

Tigard (in town)right here

13%3,464

Beaverton4.1 mi away

10%2,600

Hillsboro10.1 mi away

7%2,022

Tualatin3.2 mi away

6%1,654

Lake Oswego4.1 mi away

4%1,095

Wilsonville7.7 mi away

2%676

Salem36.4 mi away

2%650

Sherwood5.2 mi away

1%345

Newberg11.7 mi away

1%269

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%6,759

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

How far

How far Tigard commutes

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

68%

24%

68%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tigard is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tigard are

43,172 jobs are based in Tigard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tigard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tigard

43,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Tigard residents hold

27,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+5%

Jobs based in Tigard, 2013 → 2023: 41,119 → 43,172. 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.