Work & commute · Wallowa Lake

Work & commute in Wallowa Lake, OR

Most working residents leave Wallowa Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Enterprise (42%), Joseph (9%) and La Grande (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

68%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32 Wallowa Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallowa Lake.

32live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallowa Lake goes to work

Enterprise9.2 mi away

42%14

Joseph3.7 mi away

9%3

La Grande42.3 mi away

6%2

Portland264 mi away

6%2

Lewiston, ID76.2 mi away

3%1

Wallowa24 mi away

3%1

Ontario88.9 mi away

3%1

The Dalles191.9 mi away

3%1

Lake Oswego266.4 mi away

3%1

Wallowa Lake (in town)right here

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%6

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

How far

How far Wallowa Lake commutes

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

19%

47%

13%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallowa Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallowa Lake are

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

Jobs based in Wallowa Lake

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wallowa Lake residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+8%

Jobs based in Wallowa Lake, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 41. 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.