Willow Prairie Cabin · Photo: United States Forest Service · Public domainHow Butte Falls works: jobs, income and commuting
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Oregon. Only 6% stay in Butte Falls for work; outside it, Medford is the main destination (25%, 20 miles). The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Butte Falls
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Butte Falls on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Butte Falls commutes to
Where Butte Falls clocks in
25% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
In Butte Falls, services account for most jobs
85 jobs are based in Butte Falls.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butte Falls, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 85. 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 Butte Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Butte Falls’ commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butte Falls workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 126 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Butte Falls commutes less than 20 miles
About 22% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Butte Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Butte Falls?
$36,979 (±$13,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butte Falls?
19.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butte Falls?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butte Falls work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (25%, 20 mi), Prospect (7%, 16 mi), Eagle Point (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Butte Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Butte Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butte Falls
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.