Work & commute · Waldport

Work & commute in Waldport, OR

Most working residents leave Waldport for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Newport (22%), Yachats (8%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

59 of 613 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 554 Waldport residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldport.

554live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldport goes to work

Newport14 mi away

22%136

Waldport (in town)right here

10%59

Yachats7.7 mi away

8%51

Portland103.7 mi away

5%30

Salem62 mi away

5%28

San Marine4.7 mi away

5%28

Toledo15.3 mi away

3%16

Corvallis40.2 mi away

2%13

Beaverton95.3 mi away

1%9

Lincoln City38.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%235

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

How far

How far Waldport commutes

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

29%

28%

37%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldport is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldport are

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

Jobs based in Waldport

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Waldport residents hold

613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+2%

Jobs based in Waldport, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 366. 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.