Photo: [email protected] · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Camp Sherman commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Camp Sherman report 46 jobs, and 127 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Camp Sherman itself; outside it, Bend draws the most (14%, 32 miles). For 34% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Camp Sherman on a workday afternoon
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Camp Sherman on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 towns that employ Camp Sherman’s residents
Where Camp Sherman clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Camp Sherman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camp Sherman, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 46. 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 Camp Sherman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Camp Sherman: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camp Sherman workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 34% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Camp Sherman
About 54% 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 Camp Sherman: questions
What is the median household income in Camp Sherman?
$106,250 (±$27,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camp Sherman?
4.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camp Sherman?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camp Sherman work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bend (14%, 32 mi), Portland (9%, 90 mi), Sisters (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Camp Sherman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camp Sherman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Sherman
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.