Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Johnson City has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Johnson City for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (35%, 10 miles). 9 jobs are based in Johnson City, against 262 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Johnson City
Johnson City is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Johnson City, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Johnson City has about 300 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Johnson City works in Portland
93 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Portland, 9.7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Johnson City itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Johnson City 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 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Johnson City on a workday
On a workday 262 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Johnson City on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 the trip to work from Johnson City ends
Where Johnson City clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Johnson City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnson City workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 217 commuters (the 8% 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.
The kinds of work in Johnson City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnson City, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 9. 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 Johnson City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Johnson City to work
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.
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 Johnson City: questions
What is the median household income in Johnson City?
$48,167 (±$5,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnson City?
20.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnson City?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnson City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (35%, 10 mi), Tigard (6%, 10 mi), Milwaukie (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Johnson City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnson City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnson City
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.