Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainHousehold incomes in Bull Mountain are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
At home: 35% of workers have no commute at all (Oregon 19%). The poverty rate is 4.7%, where Oregon as a whole has 11.9%. Bull Mountain grades A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bull Mountain: the gist
Bull Mountain is a place people come home to
There are 396 jobs based in Bull Mountain, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bull Mountain has about 4,900 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Bull Mountain works from home
35% of Bull Mountain workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Time on the road ↓
Bull Mountain and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Bull Mountain residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Bull Mountain come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Bull Mountain’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Oregon average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Bull Mountain workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Bull Mountain’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Bull Mountain’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bull Mountain is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #1 of 142 in Oregon. Household income is its strongest input ($165,426, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bull Mountain could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Bull Mountain
On a workday 5,279 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Bull Mountain on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
From Bull Mountain, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bull Mountain workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,471 commuters (the 35% 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.
26% of working residents work in Portland
Where Bull Mountain clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
68% of the jobs in Bull Mountain pay over $3,333 a month
396 jobs are based in Bull Mountain.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bull Mountain, 2014 → 2024: 231 → 396. 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 Bull Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bull Mountain
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.
Bull Mountain is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bull Mountain is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #133 of 142 in Oregon. 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 5,356 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 13% 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 50% 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). 1.2% of Bull Mountain households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bull Mountain’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bull Mountain next to U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,300: 164th of 2,761 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 162 | Windsor WI | 10,085 | $120K | 4.5% | 1.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 163 | East Hanover Township NJ | 11,457 | $150K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 12% | A+ |
| 164 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 165 | Horace ND | 7,001 | $139K | 4.3% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 166 | Hobart WI | 11,674 | $103K | 4.2% | 0.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 199 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 395 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
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| 504 | Cedar Hills OR | 8,388 | $106K | 2.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,761 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Bull Mountain, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
22% of Bull Mountain works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Beaverton (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bull Mountain workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Mountain | – | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $165,426 |
| Tigard | 10% | A− | A | 23 min | $108,823 |
| Beaverton | 12% | B+ | A+ | 24 min | $98,622 |
| King City | under 2% | B+ | A | 25 min | $63,684 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bull Mountain’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bull Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Bull Mountain?
$165,426 (±$27,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bull Mountain?
4.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bull Mountain?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bull Mountain work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (26%, 12 mi), Beaverton (12%, 5 mi), Hillsboro (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bull Mountain walkable?
Bull Mountain is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bull Mountain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bull Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bull Mountain
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. 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.