Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0Most of Dayville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
12 jobs are based in Dayville; 51 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Dayville for work; outside it, John Day is the main destination (12%, 29 miles). 1% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dayville
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Dayville on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Dayville’s working residents head each day
Where Dayville clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
33% of the jobs in Dayville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dayville, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 12. 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 Dayville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Dayville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dayville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 commuters (the 1% 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.
Dayville’s commute, mile by mile
About 64% 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 Dayville: questions
What is the median household income in Dayville?
$54,271 (±$15,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dayville?
9.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dayville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dayville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are John Day (12%, 29 mi), Mount Vernon (6%, 21 mi), Baker City (6%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dayville without a car?
0% 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 Dayville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dayville
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.