Photo: Benton County Historical Society Collection · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.2 jobs in Kings Valley for every working resident, and 63 people commute in
Hardly any stay in Kings Valley for work; outside it, Corvallis is the main destination (18%, 12 miles). Kings Valley has 63 jobs, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Oregon as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Kings Valley for work, and who comes in
On a workday 28 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 52 people are in Kings Valley on a workday afternoon, 206% more than live here.
2.3 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 the people who work in Kings Valley live
Where Kings Valley clocks in
18% of workers
14% 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.
Kings Valley is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kings Valley, 2014 → 2024: 48 → 63. 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 Kings Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kings Valley
of Kings Valley workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 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.
Kings Valley’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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 Kings Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kings Valley?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kings Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corvallis (18%, 12 mi), Albany (18%, 17 mi), Salem (14%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kings 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 Kings Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kings 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.