Work & commute · Vale

Work & commute in Vale, OR

About one in 4 of Vale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ontario (21%), Nyssa (3%) and Fruitland (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

196 of 701 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 505 Vale residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vale.

505live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vale goes to work

Vale (in town)right here

28%196

Ontario13.5 mi away

21%147

Nyssa14.3 mi away

3%19

Fruitland, ID16.1 mi away

3%18

Portland286.1 mi away

2%12

Payette, ID17 mi away

2%11

Caldwell, ID37.3 mi away

1%10

Medford304.7 mi away

1%9

Nampa, ID43.6 mi away

1%6

Salem292.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%267

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

How far

How far Vale commutes

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

41%

35%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vale are

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

Jobs based in Vale

899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Vale residents hold

701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Vale, 2013 → 2023: 841 → 899. 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.