Photo: Richard Bauer · CC BY 2.0Brogan has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
55% of workers have no commute at all, against 19% across Oregon. There are 1 jobs in Brogan; 11 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Brogan; the top destination outside it is Springfield (18%, 271 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brogan quiets down on a workday
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Brogan on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Out of Brogan to work: where people go
Where Brogan clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Brogan makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brogan, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 1. 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 Brogan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Brogan
of Brogan workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 55% 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.
How far it is to work from Brogan
About 70% 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 2023.
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 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Brogan workers work outside Oregon. The job records count 18% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brogan: questions
What is the median household income in Brogan?
$119,167 (±$57,135) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brogan?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brogan work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (18%, 271 mi), Boise City (9%, 78 mi), Vale (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brogan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 35% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brogan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brogan
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.