Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Chiloquin has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Chiloquin has 74 jobs; 165 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Chiloquin for work; outside it, Klamath Falls is the main destination (15%, 25 miles). Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers; Oregon has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Chiloquin
On a workday 162 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Chiloquin on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Out of Chiloquin to work: where people go
Where Chiloquin clocks in
15% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Chiloquin: what the 74 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chiloquin, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 74. 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 Chiloquin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Chiloquin’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chiloquin workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Chiloquin commutes less than 25 miles
About 28% 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 Chiloquin: questions
What is the median household income in Chiloquin?
$33,839 (±$4,802) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chiloquin?
27.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chiloquin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chiloquin work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Klamath Falls (15%, 25 mi), Altamont (7%, 27 mi), Boise City (3%, 293 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chiloquin 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 Chiloquin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chiloquin
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.