Photo: Scott Catron from Sandy, Utah, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0How Granite works: jobs, income and commuting
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Hardly any stay in Granite for work; outside it, Long Creek is the main destination (15%, 34 miles). No jobs are based in Granite in the Census job records; 13 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Granite
On a workday 13 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16 people are in Granite on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Granite work
Where Granite clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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 Granite
of Granite workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
Where in the region Granite works
About 46% 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 2023.
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 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 Granite: questions
What is the median household income in Granite?
$16,563 (±$12,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granite?
80.6%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Granite work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Creek (15%, 34 mi), John Day (15%, 38 mi), Monument (8%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Granite without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 50% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granite
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.