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Jobs & commute in Idanha

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Idanha works elsewhere

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Oregon 19%). 14 jobs are based in Idanha; 56 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Idanha; the top destination outside it is Salem (14%, 49 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Idanha, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 55 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

55live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday120
160live here− 55head out to work+ 13come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Idanha on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Idanha commutes to

WhittierDetroitIdanhaJeffersonLyons: 4 residents work here (7%)Mill City: 5 residents work here (9%)Mount Angel: 1 residents work here (2%)MonmouthStayton: 3 residents work here (5%)Seaside: 2 residents work here (4%)Tigard: 2 residents work here (4%)Redmond: 2 residents work here (4%)Salem: 8 residents work here (14%)Portland: 7 residents work here (13%)SalemPortlandMill CityLyonsStaytonSeasideIdanha
1
Salem48.6 mi away
14%8
2
Portland64 mi away
13%7
3
Mill City19.6 mi away
9%5
4
Lyons26.5 mi away
7%4
5
Stayton35.9 mi away
5%3
6
Seaside126 mi away
4%2
7
Tigard60.5 mi away
4%2
8
Redmond53.8 mi away
4%2
9
Idanha (in town)right here
2%1
10
Mount Angel43.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%21
The top trips

Where Idanha clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Idanha: what the 14 are

Jobs based in IdanhaJobs Idanha residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms21%34%
Trade, transport & utilities36%11%
Services: health, schools, offices43%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%25%
Over $3,333 a month36%70%

Who does it

29 or younger14%14%
30 to 5450%54%
55 and older36%32%
+600%

Jobs based in Idanha, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 14. 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 Idanha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Idanha’s commute takes about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
223 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Idanha29 min
Oregon23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Idanha workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Idanha gets to work
55%Drive alone
7%Carpool
38%Walk

Share of the 87 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.

How far

How many miles Idanha commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSalem: 14% · 48.6 miPortland: 13% · 64 miMill City: 9% · 19.6 miLyons: 7% · 26.5 miStayton: 5% · 35.9 miSeaside: 4% · 126 miTigard: 4% · 60.5 miRedmond: 4% · 53.8 miMount Angel: 2% · 43.2 miSalem 14%Portland 13%Mill City 9%Lyons 7%Idanha
IdanhaTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
14%10–24 mi8 residents
38%25–50 mi21 residents
46%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 46% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Idanha: questions

What is the median household income in Idanha?

$40,208 (±$21,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Idanha?

29.1%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Idanha?

29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Idanha work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (14%, 49 mi), Portland (13%, 64 mi), Mill City (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Idanha 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 Idanha, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Idanha

Idanha home →

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.