Work & commute · Wheeler

Work & commute in Wheeler, OR

Most working residents leave Wheeler for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (10%), Tillamook (9%) and Manzanita (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 177 Wheeler residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheeler.

177live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheeler goes to work

Portland60.7 mi away

10%19

Tillamook16.2 mi away

9%16

Manzanita3.1 mi away

8%15

Nehalem2.3 mi away

6%11

Wheeler (in town)right here

4%8

Salem67.4 mi away

3%6

Albany82.8 mi away

3%5

Astoria34.7 mi away

2%4

Hillsboro47.5 mi away

2%4

Bay City11.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%94

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

How far

How far Wheeler commutes

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

32%

14%

45%

32%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheeler is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheeler are

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

Jobs based in Wheeler

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wheeler residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Wheeler, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 131. 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.