Photo: Loren Kerns · CC BY 2.0Work and commuting in Fort Klamath
Hardly any work in Fort Klamath; the top destination outside it is Klamath Falls (31%, 36 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Fort Klamath has 16 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Fort Klamath on a workday
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Fort Klamath on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Fort Klamath: the destinations
Where Fort Klamath clocks in
31% 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.
Working from home in Fort Klamath
of Fort Klamath workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 0% 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 it is to work from Fort Klamath
About 44% 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 2024.
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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Fort Klamath workers work outside Oregon. The job records count 13% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fort Klamath: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fort Klamath?
34.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fort Klamath work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Klamath Falls (31%, 36 mi), Altamont (13%, 38 mi), Nampa (6%, 280 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fort Klamath 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 Fort Klamath, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Klamath
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.