Work & commute · Lyle

Work & commute in Lyle, WA

Most working residents leave Lyle for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are The Dalles (13%), Portland (6%) and Hood River (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

68%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 150 Lyle residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyle.

150live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyle goes to work

The Dalles, OR9.1 mi away

13%21

Portland, OR67.1 mi away

6%10

Hood River, OR11.8 mi away

5%8

White Salmon10.1 mi away

5%8

Goldendale23.6 mi away

4%7

Seattle142.3 mi away

4%6

Lyle (in town)right here

4%6

Bingen9.3 mi away

3%5

Lake Oswego, OR71.4 mi away

2%3

Spokane227.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%79

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

How far

How far Lyle commutes

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

32%

19%

48%

32%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyle are

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

Jobs based in Lyle

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lyle residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+555%

Jobs based in Lyle, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 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.