Work & commute · Vernonia

Work & commute in Vernonia, OR

Most working residents leave Vernonia for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (19%), Portland (16%) and Beaverton (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

141 of 1,156 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,015 Vernonia residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernonia.

1,015live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernonia goes to work

Hillsboro26.4 mi away

19%215

Portland34.3 mi away

16%183

Vernonia (in town)right here

12%141

Beaverton32 mi away

4%44

Forest Grove23.6 mi away

3%31

Salem65.4 mi away

3%31

Tigard36.1 mi away

3%30

Tualatin39 mi away

2%23

St. Helens17.6 mi away

1%17

Lake Oswego38.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%428

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

How far

How far Vernonia commutes

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

16%

18%

54%

11%

16%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernonia is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernonia are

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

Jobs based in Vernonia

377 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Vernonia residents hold

1,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Vernonia, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 377. 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.