Pelota Fronton · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.4 jobs in Jordan Valley for every working resident, and 42 people commute in
There are 43 jobs in Jordan Valley, against 18 working residents. Only 6% work in Jordan Valley itself; outside it, Ontario draws the most (22%, 72 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Jordan Valley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 17 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 170 people are in Jordan Valley on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Jordan Valley’s workers come from
Where Jordan Valley clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
In Jordan Valley, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jordan Valley, 2014 → 2024: 59 → 43. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jordan Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Jordan Valley takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jordan Valley workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jordan Valley
About 88% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Jordan Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Jordan Valley?
$55,893 (±$23,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jordan Valley?
13.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jordan Valley?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jordan Valley work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ontario (22%, 72 mi), Portland (11%, 328 mi), Jacksonville (6%, 2127 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Jordan Valley 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 Jordan Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jordan Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.