Work & commute · Troutdale

Work & commute in Troutdale, OR

Most working residents leave Troutdale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (39%), Gresham (15%) and Beaverton (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

524 of 7,634 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 7,110 Troutdale residents head out of town to work, 524 work right here, and 10,681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troutdale.

7,110live here, work elsewhere

524live and work here

10,681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troutdale goes to work

Portland12.5 mi away

39%3,001

Gresham3.5 mi away

15%1,169

Troutdale (in town)right here

7%524

Beaverton21 mi away

2%157

Hillsboro26.1 mi away

2%148

Salem52.4 mi away

2%148

Tigard20.6 mi away

2%135

Vancouver, WA12 mi away

2%132

Fairview2.2 mi away

2%118

Milwaukie12.8 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%2,002

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

How far

How far Troutdale commutes

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

43%

47%

43%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troutdale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Troutdale are

11,205 jobs are based in Troutdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Troutdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Troutdale

11,205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Troutdale residents hold

7,634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+67%

Jobs based in Troutdale, 2013 → 2023: 6,696 → 11,205. 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.