Work & commute · Tualatin

Work & commute in Tualatin, OR

Most working residents leave Tualatin for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (25%), Tigard (8%) and Beaverton (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,916 of 13,292 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,376 Tualatin residents head out of town to work, 1,916 work right here, and 29,158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tualatin.

11,376live here, work elsewhere

1,916live and work here

29,158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tualatin goes to work

Portland12.6 mi away

25%3,324

Tualatin (in town)right here

14%1,916

Tigard3.2 mi away

8%1,043

Beaverton7.3 mi away

6%839

Hillsboro12.8 mi away

5%683

Wilsonville4.5 mi away

5%639

Lake Oswego4.4 mi away

5%622

Salem33.6 mi away

3%344

Sherwood3.5 mi away

2%207

Oregon City9.2 mi away

2%202

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%3,473

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

How far

How far Tualatin commutes

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

55%

37%

55%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tualatin is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tualatin are

31,074 jobs are based in Tualatin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tualatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tualatin

31,074 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Tualatin residents hold

13,292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+39%

Jobs based in Tualatin, 2013 → 2023: 22,282 → 31,074. 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.