About half of Green Meadows’ working residents commute to Pendleton
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home; Oregon has 19%. Hardly any work in Green Meadows itself; outside it, Pendleton draws the most (49%, 4 miles).
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 Green Meadows
Green Meadows is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Green Meadows, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Meadows has about 310 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Green Meadows residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Green Meadows’ residents
Where Green Meadows clocks in
49% 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.
How many people are in Green Meadows by day
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Green Meadows on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Green Meadows
About 17% 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.
In Green Meadows, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
30 jobs are based in Green Meadows.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 30. 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 Green Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Green Meadows’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Meadows workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 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.
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 Green Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Green Meadows?
$121,750 (±$84,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Meadows?
2.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Meadows?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Meadows work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pendleton (49%, 4 mi), Mission (10%, 7 mi), Hermiston (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Green Meadows 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 Green Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Meadows
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.