Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0Condon at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Oregon as a whole has 19%. About one in seven work in Condon; the top destination outside it is Portland (8%, 121 miles). The trip to work takes 12 minutes on average (Oregon 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Condon apart on work
Condon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Condon is Portland, 121 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (26) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
49% 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 ↓
Commutes from Condon are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon 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 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Condon to work
About 49% 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.
The daily trip from Condon: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Condon workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 166 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who commutes out of Condon, and who commutes in
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Condon on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.67 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 Condon goes to work
Where Condon clocks in
Lines 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 205 jobs based in Condon
205 jobs are based in Condon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Condon, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 205. 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 Condon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Condon: questions
What is the median household income in Condon?
$35,667 (±$13,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Condon?
21.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Condon?
12 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Condon work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (8%, 121 mi), Arlington (6%, 34 mi), Heppner (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Condon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Condon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Condon
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.