Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Green has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland. Green has 1,442 jobs for 3,081 working residents. For jobs and income Green is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Green apart on work
Green and Roseburg trade workers both ways
Roseburg is the top workplace for Green residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Green come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Green are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Green are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Green has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Green went from 988 in 2013 to 1,442 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Green makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Green are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Green residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. 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.
The four measures behind Green’s grade
Unemployment holds Green’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green could be anywhere from C− to B+.
37% of working residents work in Roseburg
Where Green clocks in
37% of workers
6% 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.
The daily trip from Green: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,855 commuters (the 11% 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.
Green works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green, 2013 → 2023: 988 → 1,442. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Green, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,883 residents head out to work, 198 work right here, and 1,244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Green on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Green
About 25% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Green
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,195 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 4.1% of Green households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Green’s commuters take a bus or train.
Green places 1,946th of 3,071 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Creswell OR | 5,566 | $100K | 4.3% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 496 | Cedar Hills OR | 8,388 | $106K | 2.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,944 | Corning NY | 5,734 | $88K | 8.2% | 8.1% | 12% | C+ |
| 1,945 | North Cornwall Township PA | 9,661 | $79K | 10.4% | 9.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,946 | Green OR | 7,541 | $67K | 10.6% | 3.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,947 | Nappanee IN | 6,885 | $69K | 9.1% | 6.0% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,948 | Hudson Falls NY | 7,333 | $63K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | 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 Green, 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 Green: questions
What is the median household income in Green?
$66,813 (±$11,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green?
10.6%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseburg (37%, 5 mi), Winston (6%, 3 mi), Eugene (4%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green walkable?
Green is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green
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.