Work & commute · Wimer

Work & commute in Wimer, OR

Most working residents leave Wimer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (25%), Grants Pass (20%) and Rogue River (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

92 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Wimer residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wimer.

190live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wimer goes to work

Medford21.2 mi away

25%48

Grants Pass12.7 mi away

20%38

Rogue River8.2 mi away

6%12

White City18 mi away

4%7

Central Point17.1 mi away

3%6

Ashland33.8 mi away

2%4

Eugene103.9 mi away

2%4

Cave Junction37 mi away

1%2

Jacksonville18.9 mi away

1%2

Eagle Point18.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%67

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

How far

How far Wimer commutes

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

14%

65%

16%

14%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wimer is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wimer are

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

Jobs based in Wimer

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wimer residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+26%

Jobs based in Wimer, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 48. 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.