Photo: Oakshade at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0For about two in five of its working residents, Jacksonville is a commute to Medford
The average commute takes 17 minutes each way (Oregon 23, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Jacksonville B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 7% work in Jacksonville itself; outside it, Medford draws the most (43%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Jacksonville
Most Jacksonville residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Jacksonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon 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; with 911 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Jacksonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jacksonville is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #65 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Jacksonville’s grade up ($90,341, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jacksonville could be anywhere from D to A.
Out of Jacksonville to work: where people go
Where Jacksonville clocks in
43% of workers
5% 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.
How far Jacksonville’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
About 17 minutes to work from Jacksonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jacksonville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,114 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 843 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 802 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
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 870 jobs based in Jacksonville
870 jobs are based in Jacksonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 713 → 870. 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 Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Jacksonville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jacksonville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #132 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,284 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 44% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 9.8% of Jacksonville households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jacksonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jacksonville is 2,106th among 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 215 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 759 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,104 | Navy Yard City WA | 2,672 | $70K | 21.9% | 0.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,105 | Breezy Point MN | 2,771 | $86K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,106 | Jacksonville OR | 2,972 | $90K | 9.2% | 5.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,107 | Pine Grove Township PA | 2,483 | $96K | 4.6% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,108 | Wausau WI | 2,353 | $76K | 14.5% | 2.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | 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 Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville: questions
What is the median household income in Jacksonville?
$90,341 (±$39,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jacksonville?
9.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jacksonville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jacksonville work?
7% work in town.
Is Jacksonville walkable?
Jacksonville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jacksonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 44% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jacksonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacksonville
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.