Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.0Heceta Beach has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
36 jobs are based in Heceta Beach, and 451 of its residents work somewhere. Heceta Beach grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 38% of workers have no commute at all, against 19% across Oregon.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Heceta Beach apart
Heceta Beach is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Heceta Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Heceta Beach and Florence trade workers both ways
Florence is the top workplace for Heceta Beach residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Heceta Beach come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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 451 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Heceta Beach
On income, poverty and job access, Heceta Beach is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #108 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Heceta Beach’s grade up ($79,938, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (15.5%) is left out: Heceta Beach’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Heceta Beach could be anywhere from D− to B.
Heceta Beach by day and by night
On a workday 450 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Heceta Beach on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
36% of working residents work in Florence
Where Heceta Beach clocks in
36% of workers
10% 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.
Half of Heceta Beach commutes less than 42 miles
About 43% 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.
58% of the jobs in Heceta Beach make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heceta Beach, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 36. 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 Heceta Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 12 minutes to work from Heceta Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heceta Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 commuters (the 38% 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.
Most of Heceta Beach commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Heceta Beach is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns, #139 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Heceta Beach near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 803 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 0.0% of Heceta Beach households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Heceta Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Heceta Beach comes 3,529th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 203 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 741 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | Isabella Township MI | 2,196 | $62K | 13.1% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,528 | Wescott WI | 3,287 | $73K | 15.8% | 5.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,529 | Heceta Beach OR | 2,651 | $80K | 12.9% | 15.5% | <1% | C− |
| 3,530 | Hugoton KS | 3,545 | $63K | 15.8% | 3.5% | 47% | C− |
| 3,531 | Hurlock MD | 2,123 | $59K | 18.2% | 4.5% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Heceta Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
The towns next door employ 36% of Heceta Beach
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Heceta Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heceta Beach | – | C− | D | 12 min | $79,938 |
| Florence | 36% | D | A+ | 15 min | $53,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Florence. Darker towns draw more of Heceta Beach’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 Heceta Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Heceta Beach?
$79,938 (±$28,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heceta Beach?
12.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heceta Beach?
12 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heceta Beach work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (36%, 2 mi), Eugene (10%, 50 mi), Portland (7%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Heceta Beach walkable?
Heceta Beach is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Heceta Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Heceta Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heceta Beach
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.