Work & commute · Wallowa

Work & commute in Wallowa, OR

Most working residents leave Wallowa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Enterprise (23%), Joseph (8%) and La Grande (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

32 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 247 Wallowa residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallowa.

247live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallowa goes to work

Enterprise15.7 mi away

23%64

Wallowa (in town)right here

11%32

Joseph20.9 mi away

8%23

La Grande31.9 mi away

4%11

Lostine7.5 mi away

4%10

Portland247.8 mi away

3%8

Pendleton62.8 mi away

3%7

Pasco, WA90.4 mi away

1%4

Kennewick, WA90.3 mi away

1%4

Ontario110.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%113

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

How far

How far Wallowa commutes

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

24%

39%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallowa 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 Wallowa are

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

Jobs based in Wallowa

167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wallowa residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+37%

Jobs based in Wallowa, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 167. 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.