Photo: M.O. Stevens at en.wikipedia · Public domainAt 1.6%, unemployment in Hubbard is lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 7% of workers (Oregon 19%). The two grades for Hubbard are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.3 in Salem.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hubbard
Hubbard makes and builds things
74% of the jobs based in Hubbard are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hubbard residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Hubbard have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Hubbard went from 508 in 2013 to 1,015 in 2023, +100%. The jobs ↓
Hubbard’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hubbard is Portland, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (170) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hubbard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Hubbard’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hubbard is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #4 of 142 in Oregon. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hubbard’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hubbard could be anywhere from A− to A+.
A place that makes things: 74% of Hubbard’s jobs are in goods
1,015 jobs are based in Hubbard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hubbard, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 1,015. 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 Hubbard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Hubbard
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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Hubbard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hubbard workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,687 commuters (the 7% 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.
Hubbard quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,379 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 975 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Hubbard on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
12% of working residents work in Portland
Where Hubbard clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Hubbard
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hubbard is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #95 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,816 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 0.4% of Hubbard households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hubbard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hubbard places 237th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Maple Heights-Lake Desire WA | 4,113 | $143K | 6.0% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| 236 | Malabar FL | 3,175 | $129K | 3.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 237 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| 238 | Sherwood WI | 3,311 | $110K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| 239 | Monmouth Township KS | 3,224 | $106K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 370 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 792 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 831 | Metzger OR | 3,714 | $91K | 7.6% | 3.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hubbard, 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 Hubbard: questions
What is the median household income in Hubbard?
$101,771 (±$3,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hubbard?
3.6%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hubbard?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hubbard work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (12%, 26 mi), Woodburn (7%, 4 mi), Wilsonville (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hubbard walkable?
Hubbard is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hubbard without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hubbard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hubbard
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.