Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Black Butte Ranch works elsewhere
Black Butte Ranch has 21 jobs, against 91 working residents. Hardly any work in Black Butte Ranch; the top destination outside it is Bend (24%, 28 miles). 100% of workers work from home (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Black Butte Ranch
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 45 people are in Black Butte Ranch on a workday afternoon, 61% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Black Butte Ranch commutes to
Where Black Butte Ranch clocks in
24% of workers
19% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Black Butte Ranch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Black Butte Ranch, 2014 → 2024: 19 → 21. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Butte Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Black Butte Ranch
of Black Butte Ranch workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Black Butte Ranch works
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Black Butte Ranch: questions
What is the poverty rate in Black Butte Ranch?
12.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Black Butte Ranch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bend (24%, 28 mi), Sisters (19%, 8 mi), Redmond (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Black Butte Ranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Black Butte Ranch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.