Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0Dunthorpe’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
Jobs & income A+: among the top U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability A: more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Oregon 23, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Dunthorpe; the top destination outside it is Portland (47%, 7 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.5 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Dunthorpe
Dunthorpe and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Dunthorpe residents (47%) and also where the most people who work in Dunthorpe come from (45% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Dunthorpe residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Three in four Dunthorpe workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Dunthorpe’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 503 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Dunthorpe’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dunthorpe is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dunthorpe’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Dunthorpe’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Dunthorpe’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dunthorpe stays A+.
47% of working residents work in Portland
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Dunthorpe clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Dunthorpe commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
256 jobs are based in Dunthorpe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunthorpe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunthorpe, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 256. 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.
Dunthorpe quiets down on a workday
On a workday 497 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Dunthorpe on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.51 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OR average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunthorpe workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 663 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Dunthorpe is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunthorpe is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dunthorpe near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 848 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 43% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 0.7% of Dunthorpe households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Dunthorpe’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dunthorpe is 21st of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dunthorpe, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 21 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 201 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 238 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Coburg OR | 1,373 | $98K | 1.5% | 8.9% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
47% of Dunthorpe works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Portland (47%). Darker towns draw more of Dunthorpe’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dunthorpe: questions
What is the median household income in Dunthorpe?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunthorpe?
1.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunthorpe?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunthorpe work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (47%, 7 mi), Beaverton (5%, 8 mi), Lake Oswego (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunthorpe walkable?
Dunthorpe is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunthorpe without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 43% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunthorpe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunthorpe
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.