Work & commute · Wasco

Work & commute in Wasco, OR

Most working residents leave Wasco for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Moro (14%), The Dalles (11%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 162 Wasco residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wasco.

162live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wasco goes to work

Moro7.7 mi away

14%23

The Dalles22 mi away

11%18

Portland94.5 mi away

7%12

Bend110.2 mi away

5%9

Biggs Junction8.5 mi away

5%8

Wasco (in town)right here

2%4

Grass Valley16.6 mi away

2%3

Rufus7.1 mi away

2%3

Redmond95 mi away

2%3

John Day117.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%81

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

How far

How far Wasco commutes

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

33%

15%

44%

33%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wasco is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wasco are

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

Jobs based in Wasco

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wasco residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+2%

Jobs based in Wasco, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 43. 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.