With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Chenoweth works elsewhere
2% of workers work from home, where Oregon as a whole has 19%. Employers in Chenoweth report 84 jobs, and 735 of its residents work somewhere. Chenoweth grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chenoweth
Chenoweth and The Dalles trade workers both ways
The Dalles is the top workplace for Chenoweth residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Chenoweth come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Chenoweth is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Chenoweth, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chenoweth has about 790 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 735 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Chenoweth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Chenoweth is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Chenoweth’s grade up (10.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (16.1%) is left out: Chenoweth’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Chenoweth could be anywhere from D to B.
33% of working residents work in The Dalles
Where Chenoweth clocks in
33% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Chenoweth
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Chenoweth on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Chenoweth
About 38% 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.
Chenoweth works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chenoweth, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 84. 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 Chenoweth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Chenoweth: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chenoweth workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 603 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most of Chenoweth commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chenoweth is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 618 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 31% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 1.8% of Chenoweth households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chenoweth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chenoweth places 4,046th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,044 | Orwell VT | 1,250 | $70K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 4,045 | Fort Denaud FL | 1,639 | $56K | 7.7% | 6.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,046 | Chenoweth OR | 1,445 | $63K | 10.9% | 16.1% | 1% | C− |
| 4,047 | Wrightsville AR | 1,630 | $45K | 16.4% | 1.5% | <1% | C− |
| 4,048 | Venice IL | 1,450 | $32K | 43.3% | 26.0% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Chenoweth, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Chenoweth’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chenoweth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenoweth | – | C− | C | 16 min | $63,425 |
| The Dalles | 33% | C− | A− | 17 min | $62,614 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to The Dalles. Darker towns draw more of Chenoweth’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 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 Chenoweth: questions
What is the median household income in Chenoweth?
$63,425 (±$10,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chenoweth?
10.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chenoweth?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chenoweth work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are The Dalles (33%, 4 mi), Hood River (10%, 15 mi), Portland (7%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chenoweth walkable?
Chenoweth is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chenoweth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chenoweth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chenoweth
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.