Work & commute · Wilsonville

Work & commute in Wilsonville, OR

Most working residents leave Wilsonville for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (22%), Tualatin (7%) and Tigard (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,803 of 11,798 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,995 Wilsonville residents head out of town to work, 1,803 work right here, and 21,848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilsonville.

9,995live here, work elsewhere

1,803live and work here

21,848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilsonville goes to work

Portland16.7 mi away

22%2,623

Wilsonville (in town)right here

15%1,803

Tualatin4.5 mi away

7%828

Tigard7.7 mi away

6%689

Beaverton11.7 mi away

4%518

Hillsboro16.7 mi away

4%516

Lake Oswego7.9 mi away

4%464

Salem29.5 mi away

3%317

Canby5.1 mi away

2%222

Oregon City8.9 mi away

2%186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,632

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

How far

How far Wilsonville commutes

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

44%

46%

44%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilsonville is a job hub

2.00jobs 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 Wilsonville are

23,651 jobs are based in Wilsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilsonville

23,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Wilsonville residents hold

11,798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+36%

Jobs based in Wilsonville, 2013 → 2023: 17,374 → 23,651. 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.