Mission draws more than half of Cayuse’s working residents
Cayuse has 28 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Oregon as a whole has 19%. Hardly any work in Cayuse itself; outside it, Mission draws the most (54%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cayuse: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16 people are in Cayuse on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Cayuse goes to work
Where Cayuse clocks in
14% 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.
Working from home in Cayuse
of Cayuse workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 0% 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 many miles Cayuse commutes
About 29% 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 Cayuse: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cayuse?
4.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cayuse work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Cayuse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cayuse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cayuse
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.