Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0Most of Dundee commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Dundee report 630 jobs, and 1,363 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Dundee is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Dundee is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dundee at work: what stands out
Dundee has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dundee went from 406 in 2013 to 630 in 2023, +55%. The jobs ↓
Dundee and Newberg trade workers both ways
Newberg is the top workplace for Dundee residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Dundee come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Dundee earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dundee could be anywhere from B to A+.
A place that makes things: 33% of Dundee’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dundee, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 630. 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 Dundee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Newberg
Where Dundee clocks in
17% 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.
Dundee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,307 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Dundee on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Getting to work from Dundee takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dundee workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,217 commuters (the 17% 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.
The commute from Dundee, by distance
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.
Driving is how Dundee gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of 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 1,460 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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 Dundee households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dundee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300, Dundee ranks 857th of 4,698 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 358 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 796 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 855 | Chatfield MN | 3,018 | $96K | 5.3% | 2.0% | 10% | A− |
| 856 | Proctor MN | 3,054 | $67K | 5.8% | 0.7% | 6% | A− |
| 857 | Dundee OR | 3,193 | $107K | 3.3% | 4.2% | 4% | A− |
| 858 | Seymour WI | 3,628 | $81K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| 859 | Hanover Township MI | 3,708 | $81K | 4.6% | 0.2% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Dundee, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Dundee: questions
What is the median household income in Dundee?
$106,681 (±$14,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dundee?
3.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dundee?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dundee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newberg (17%, 3 mi), Portland (9%, 25 mi), Hillsboro (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dundee walkable?
Dundee is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dundee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dundee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dundee
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.