Work & commute · Oregon

Work & commute in Oregon, WI

Most working residents leave Oregon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (39%), Oregon (8%) and Fitchburg (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,542 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,522 Oregon residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oregon.

1,522live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oregon goes to work

Madison12.8 mi away

39%595

Oregon2.4 mi away

8%122

Fitchburg5.8 mi away

6%94

Verona8.5 mi away

4%64

Middleton14.7 mi away

4%55

Stoughton10.3 mi away

3%51

Monona11.4 mi away

2%27

Rutland6.3 mi away

2%27

Milwaukee74.5 mi away

2%24

McFarland10.8 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%461

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

How far

How far Oregon commutes

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

32%

51%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oregon is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oregon are

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

Jobs based in Oregon

284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Oregon residents hold

1,542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+32%

Jobs based in Oregon, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 284. 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.