Work & commute · West Haven-Sylvan

Work & commute in West Haven-Sylvan, OR

Most working residents leave West Haven-Sylvan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (42%), Hillsboro (11%) and Beaverton (9%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

155 of 4,110 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,955 West Haven-Sylvan residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 8,039 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Haven-Sylvan.

3,955live here, work elsewhere

155live and work here

8,039work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Haven-Sylvan goes to work

Portland5.8 mi away

42%1,708

Hillsboro8.1 mi away

11%453

Beaverton3.6 mi away

9%378

West Haven-Sylvan (in town)right here

4%155

Tigard6.5 mi away

3%119

Lake Oswego7.8 mi away

2%90

Tualatin9.7 mi away

2%69

Wilsonville14.2 mi away

1%60

Salem42.8 mi away

1%51

Gresham15.7 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%986

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

How far

How far West Haven-Sylvan commutes

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

80%

13%

80%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Haven-Sylvan is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Haven-Sylvan are

8,194 jobs are based in West Haven-Sylvan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Haven-Sylvan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Haven-Sylvan

8,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs West Haven-Sylvan residents hold

4,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+14%

Jobs based in West Haven-Sylvan, 2013 → 2023: 7,212 → 8,194. 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.