Photo: Little Mountain 5 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 13.9%, unemployment in Eagle Point is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
7% of workers have no commute at all; Oregon has 19%. The two grades for Eagle Point are C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Eagle Point, in brief
43% of Eagle Point works in Medford
1,666 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Medford, 9.5 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Eagle Point itself. The commute map ↓
Eagle Point has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Eagle Point went from 828 in 2013 to 1,364 in 2023, +65%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Eagle Point
63% of Eagle Point residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Eagle Point pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Eagle Point
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eagle Point is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #96 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Eagle Point’s grade up ($84,126, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eagle Point could be anywhere from C− to B−.
43% of working residents work in Medford
Where Eagle Point clocks in
43% of workers
4% 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.
What the 1,364 jobs in Eagle Point are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Point, 2013 → 2023: 828 → 1,364. 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 Eagle Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Eagle Point, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,647 residents head out to work, 267 work right here, and 1,097 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Eagle Point on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.35 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 23 minutes to work from Eagle Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Point workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,538 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Eagle Point’s workers travel
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.
In Eagle Point, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eagle Point is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #93 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% 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 3,797 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 43% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 7.4% of Eagle Point households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eagle Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,300, Eagle Point ranks 2,100th of 2,761 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 199 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 395 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,098 | Girard OH | 9,384 | $53K | 20.0% | 4.9% | 7% | C |
| 2,099 | Munhall PA | 10,253 | $53K | 13.9% | 7.9% | 6% | C |
| 2,100 | Eagle Point OR | 9,861 | $84K | 10.0% | 13.9% | 7% | C |
| 2,101 | St. Clair Township OH | 6,940 | $62K | 16.7% | 6.6% | 4% | C |
| 2,102 | Madera Acres CA | 9,846 | $78K | 16.2% | 8.0% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,761 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Eagle Point, 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 Eagle Point: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Point?
$84,126 (±$5,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Point?
10.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Point?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Point work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (43%, 10 mi), Central Point (5%, 8 mi), Grants Pass (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eagle Point walkable?
Eagle Point is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eagle Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 43% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Point
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.