Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Carlton works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. 423 jobs are based in Carlton, and 985 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Carlton B; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Carlton
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Carlton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carlton is better than 62% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Carlton’s grade up ($98,393, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carlton could be anywhere from C to A.
The trip to work from Carlton: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlton workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,013 commuters (the 12% 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.
Carlton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 943 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Carlton on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
12% of working residents work in McMinnville
Where Carlton clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Carlton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlton, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 423. 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 Carlton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Carlton, by distance
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.
Getting around Carlton: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carlton is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 1,156 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 93% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 6.3% of Carlton households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carlton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carlton places 1,612th of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 202 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | Albion IN | 2,261 | $71K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,611 | Goodrich MI | 2,003 | $110K | 7.0% | 7.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,612 | Carlton OR | 2,291 | $98K | 5.9% | 5.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,613 | Emsworth PA | 2,377 | $65K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,614 | Liberty Township OH | 1,727 | $70K | 5.5% | 4.6% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Carlton, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Carlton: questions
What is the median household income in Carlton?
$98,393 (±$15,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlton?
5.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carlton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McMinnville (12%, 6 mi), Hillsboro (11%, 20 mi), Portland (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carlton walkable?
Carlton is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carlton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlton
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. 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.