Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0Aumsville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
504 jobs are based in Aumsville, against 1,797 working residents. For jobs and income Aumsville is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Oregon as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Aumsville
Aumsville and Salem trade workers both ways
Salem is the top workplace for Aumsville residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Aumsville come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Aumsville makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Aumsville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Aumsville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Aumsville is a place people come home to
There are 504 jobs based in Aumsville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aumsville has about 2,900 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Aumsville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Aumsville went from 368 in 2013 to 504 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
Aumsville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Aumsville
Household income holds Aumsville’s grade up ($90,987, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aumsville could be anywhere from C− to A.
33% of working residents work in Salem
Where Aumsville clocks in
33% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Aumsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aumsville, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 504. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aumsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Aumsville
On a workday 1,778 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 485 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Aumsville on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Aumsville: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aumsville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,897 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Aumsville works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Aumsville, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,022 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Aumsville households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aumsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,376th of 3,962: where Aumsville ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 320 | Beavercreek OR | 4,894 | $135K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 361 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,374 | Lapeer Township MI | 4,996 | $70K | 9.9% | 5.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,375 | Mascot TN | 3,277 | $60K | 19.2% | 3.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,376 | Aumsville OR | 4,241 | $91K | 13.5% | 7.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,377 | Pittstown NY | 5,472 | $92K | 13.2% | 5.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,378 | Hamilton MT | 5,451 | $49K | 8.8% | 2.0% | 45% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Aumsville, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aumsville: questions
What is the median household income in Aumsville?
$90,987 (±$29,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aumsville?
13.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aumsville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aumsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (33%, 9 mi), Portland (7%, 49 mi), Stayton (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aumsville walkable?
Aumsville is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aumsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aumsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aumsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.