Work & commute · Umatilla

Work & commute in Umatilla, OR

Most working residents leave Umatilla for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hermiston (23%), Boardman (6%) and Pendleton (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

288 of 2,607 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,319 Umatilla residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 2,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Umatilla.

2,319live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

2,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Umatilla goes to work

Hermiston6.3 mi away

23%607

Umatilla (in town)right here

11%288

Boardman18.2 mi away

6%155

Pendleton29.8 mi away

4%98

Portland162.2 mi away

4%96

Kennewick, WA20.7 mi away

2%42

Richland, WA25.6 mi away

1%31

Pasco, WA26.1 mi away

1%22

Heppner40.5 mi away

1%20

Salem191.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,228

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

How far

How far Umatilla commutes

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

57%

13%

11%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Umatilla is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Umatilla are

2,293 jobs are based in Umatilla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Umatilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Umatilla

2,293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Umatilla residents hold

2,607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+96%

Jobs based in Umatilla, 2013 → 2023: 1,167 → 2,293. 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.