Work & commute · West Linn

Work & commute in West Linn, OR

Most working residents leave West Linn for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (31%), Lake Oswego (6%) and Tigard (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

863 of 11,480 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,617 West Linn residents head out of town to work, 863 work right here, and 4,958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Linn.

10,617live here, work elsewhere

863live and work here

4,958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Linn goes to work

Portland11.8 mi away

31%3,596

West Linn (in town)right here

8%863

Lake Oswego4.4 mi away

6%730

Tigard8.1 mi away

5%532

Tualatin6.7 mi away

5%520

Beaverton11.6 mi away

4%436

Oregon City2.8 mi away

3%397

Wilsonville7.5 mi away

3%350

Hillsboro18 mi away

3%330

Salem35.9 mi away

2%274

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,452

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

How far

How far West Linn commutes

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

53%

37%

53%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Linn is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Linn are

5,821 jobs are based in West Linn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Linn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Linn

5,821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs West Linn residents hold

11,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+26%

Jobs based in West Linn, 2013 → 2023: 4,615 → 5,821. 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.