Work & commute · Waterloo

Work & commute in Waterloo, OR

Most working residents leave Waterloo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (15%), Albany (12%) and Corvallis (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 233 Waterloo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterloo.

233live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterloo goes to work

Lebanon4.8 mi away

15%34

Albany16.2 mi away

12%29

Corvallis23 mi away

9%21

Salem31.2 mi away

8%19

Portland72.5 mi away

5%11

Springfield31.4 mi away

4%9

Eugene33.6 mi away

3%6

Millersburg17.6 mi away

2%4

Tangent14.6 mi away

1%3

Sweet Home8.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%94

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

How far

How far Waterloo commutes

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

22%

36%

21%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterloo is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterloo are

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

Jobs based in Waterloo

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Waterloo residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−72%

Jobs based in Waterloo, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 33. 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.