Work & commute · West Slope

Work & commute in West Slope, OR

Most working residents leave West Slope for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (38%), Beaverton (14%) and Hillsboro (10%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 3,184 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,140 West Slope residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,389 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Slope.

3,140live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,389work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Slope goes to work

Portland6.6 mi away

38%1,195

Beaverton2.5 mi away

14%440

Hillsboro8 mi away

10%329

Tigard5.1 mi away

5%158

Tualatin8.2 mi away

2%68

Lake Oswego6.7 mi away

2%59

West Haven-Sylvan1.4 mi away

1%46

West Slope (in town)right here

1%44

Salem41.4 mi away

1%40

Raleigh Hills1.1 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%771

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

How far

How far West Slope commutes

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

80%

11%

80%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Slope is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Slope are

1,433 jobs are based in West Slope. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Slope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Slope

1,433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs West Slope residents hold

3,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+12%

Jobs based in West Slope, 2013 → 2023: 1,278 → 1,433. 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.