Work & commute · Tri-City

Work & commute in Tri-City, OR

Most working residents leave Tri-City for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Roseburg (20%), Myrtle Creek (4%) and Eugene (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 1,580 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,480 Tri-City residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tri-City.

1,480live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tri-City goes to work

Roseburg16.4 mi away

20%313

Tri-City (in town)right here

6%100

Myrtle Creek2.6 mi away

4%71

Eugene74.3 mi away

4%61

Winston11 mi away

4%60

Medford50.6 mi away

3%44

Canyonville4.4 mi away

3%43

Grants Pass38.6 mi away

3%42

Springfield75.3 mi away

3%40

Riddle4.1 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%774

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

How far

How far Tri-City commutes

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

38%

31%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tri-City is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tri-City are

473 jobs are based in Tri-City. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tri-City’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tri-City

473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tri-City residents hold

1,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+29%

Jobs based in Tri-City, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 473. 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.