Larwood Bridge · Photo: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA · CC BY 2.0Most of Lacomb commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
71 jobs are based in Lacomb, against 225 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lacomb for work; outside it, Lebanon is the main destination (12%, 9 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lacomb at work: what stands out
Time on the road from Lacomb: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lacomb workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 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 commutes out of Lacomb, and who commutes in
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Lacomb on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The towns that employ Lacomb’s residents
Where Lacomb clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Lacomb
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lacomb, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 71. 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 Lacomb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lacomb
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.
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 Lacomb: questions
What is the median household income in Lacomb?
$76,221 (±$18,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lacomb?
3.6%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lacomb?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lacomb work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (12%, 9 mi), Salem (10%, 27 mi), Albany (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lacomb 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 Lacomb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lacomb
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.