Work & commute · Winston

Work & commute in Winston, OR

Most working residents leave Winston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Roseburg (34%), Eugene (5%) and Medford (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 1,948 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,769 Winston residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winston.

1,769live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

1,505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winston goes to work

Roseburg8 mi away

34%659

Winston (in town)right here

9%179

Eugene66.5 mi away

5%104

Medford61.5 mi away

4%83

Green2.9 mi away

3%65

Grants Pass47.8 mi away

3%64

Sutherlin19.1 mi away

2%41

Portland171.3 mi away

2%37

Springfield68.2 mi away

2%31

Dillard0.8 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%661

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

How far

How far Winston commutes

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

53%

13%

29%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winston are

1,684 jobs are based in Winston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winston

1,684 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Winston residents hold

1,948 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−29%

Jobs based in Winston, 2013 → 2023: 2,363 → 1,684. 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.