Work & commute · Veneta

Work & commute in Veneta, OR

Most working residents leave Veneta for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Eugene (41%), Springfield (9%) and Portland (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

123 of 2,125 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,002 Veneta residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Veneta.

2,002live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Veneta goes to work

Eugene11.6 mi away

41%880

Springfield18.4 mi away

9%196

Veneta (in town)right here

6%123

Portland108.5 mi away

3%66

Salem62.7 mi away

3%61

Junction City13.6 mi away

1%28

Coburg15.9 mi away

1%24

Albany42 mi away

1%23

Elmira1.7 mi away

1%23

Corvallis36.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%679

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

How far

How far Veneta commutes

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

22%

50%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Veneta is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Veneta are

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

Jobs based in Veneta

731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Veneta residents hold

2,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+18%

Jobs based in Veneta, 2013 → 2023: 619 → 731. 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.