Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0Cherry Grove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
17 jobs are based in Cherry Grove for 246 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cherry Grove for work; outside it, Hillsboro is the main destination (26%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cherry Grove and work: the main findings
Cherry Grove is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Cherry Grove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cherry Grove has about 110 people in it, 68% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cherry Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 246 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Cherry Grove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Cherry Grove on a workday afternoon, 68% 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.
Cherry Grove’s commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Grove workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Cherry Grove goes to work
Where Cherry Grove clocks in
26% 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.
Goods jobs make up 47% of work in Cherry Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Grove, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 17. 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 Cherry Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cherry Grove commutes
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 Cherry Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Grove?
$59,922 (±$34,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Grove?
16.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Grove?
42 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (26%, 16 mi), Portland (14%, 30 mi), Forest Grove (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry Grove without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Grove
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.