Photo: Owen · Public domainMost of Halsey commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Halsey has 197 jobs, and 420 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Halsey; the top destination outside it is Eugene (17%, 22 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Oregon.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Halsey, in brief
Halsey’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Halsey is Eugene, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (70) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Halsey workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Halsey workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 420 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Halsey works
About 22% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Halsey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halsey workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 714 commuters (the 4% 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 a workday changes Halsey
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Halsey on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Halsey’s working residents head each day
Where Halsey clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Halsey: what the 197 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halsey, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 197. 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 Halsey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Halsey: questions
What is the median household income in Halsey?
$106,458 (±$29,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halsey?
7.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halsey?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halsey work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eugene (17%, 22 mi), Springfield (8%, 24 mi), Harrisburg (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Halsey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Halsey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halsey
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.