Work & commute · Ukiah

Work & commute in Ukiah, OR

Most working residents leave Ukiah for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pendleton (30%), Pilot Rock (12%) and Hermiston (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Ukiah residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ukiah.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ukiah goes to work

Pendleton37.8 mi away

30%17

Pilot Rock25.2 mi away

12%7

Hermiston51.2 mi away

5%3

Mission38.5 mi away

5%3

La Grande43.3 mi away

4%2

Portland182.6 mi away

4%2

Irvine, CA794 mi away

2%1

Payette, ID122.7 mi away

2%1

Moscow, ID144.2 mi away

2%1

Nampa, ID158.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%19

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

How far

How far Ukiah commutes

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

12%

49%

37%

2%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ukiah 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 Ukiah are

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

Jobs based in Ukiah

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ukiah residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−94%

Jobs based in Ukiah, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 17. 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.