Four Corners has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.3 in Salem. There are 2,969 jobs in Four Corners; 6,392 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Four Corners B−; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Four Corners apart on work
Four Corners and Salem trade workers both ways
Salem is the top workplace for Four Corners residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Four Corners come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Four Corners has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Four Corners went from 2,142 in 2013 to 2,969 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Four Corners are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Four Corners’ own working residents. 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 Four Corners
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Four Corners is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #73 of 142 in Oregon. Job access by car holds Four Corners’ grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Four Corners could be anywhere from C to A−.
43% of working residents work in Salem
Where Four Corners clocks in
43% of workers
3% 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 Four Corners’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Four Corners, 2013 → 2023: 2,142 → 2,969. 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 Four Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Four Corners: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,238 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 2,815 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Four Corners on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Four Corners takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Four Corners workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,568 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Four Corners
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Four Corners
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Four Corners is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #78 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% 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 7,125 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, 60% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 3.9% of Four Corners households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Four Corners’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Four Corners comes 1,488th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 176 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 371 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 459 | Sherwood OR | 20,535 | $110K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
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| 1,486 | Riverside Township KS | 13,603 | $67K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 9% | B− |
| 1,487 | Kihei HI | 21,567 | $88K | 7.4% | 6.2% | 16% | B− |
| 1,488 | Four Corners OR | 16,275 | $70K | 13.9% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,489 | D'Iberville MS | 13,557 | $66K | 18.8% | 3.1% | 13% | B− |
| 1,490 | Gulfport FL | 11,404 | $71K | 13.4% | 6.2% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Four Corners, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
43% of Four Corners works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Four Corners workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | – | B− | A | 24 min | $69,669 |
| Salem | 43% | C+ | A | 22 min | $75,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Salem. Darker towns draw more of Four Corners’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Four Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Four Corners?
$69,669 (±$7,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Four Corners?
13.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Four Corners?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Four Corners work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (43%, 2 mi), Portland (7%, 45 mi), Keizer (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Four Corners walkable?
Four Corners is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Four Corners without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 60% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Four Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Four Corners
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.