Lincoln Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Lincoln Beach has 225 jobs for 812 working residents. The two grades for Lincoln Beach are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 5% stay in Lincoln Beach for work; outside it, Lincoln City is the main destination (17%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lincoln Beach: the gist
Lincoln Beach and Lincoln City trade workers both ways
Lincoln City is the top workplace for Lincoln Beach residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Lincoln Beach come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Lincoln Beach is a place people come home to
There are 225 jobs based in Lincoln Beach, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 812 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Lincoln Beach: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lincoln Beach is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Lincoln Beach’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lincoln Beach could be anywhere from D to B.
Where Lincoln Beach goes to work
Where Lincoln Beach clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
Half of Lincoln Beach commutes less than 43 miles
About 44% 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.
Lincoln Beach quiets down on a workday
On a workday 770 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Lincoln Beach on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Lincoln Beach: what the 225 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lincoln Beach, 2014 → 2024: 233 → 225. 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 Lincoln Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lincoln Beach spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lincoln Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 726 commuters (the 26% 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.
For most of Lincoln Beach, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lincoln Beach is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of 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 987 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 91% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 37% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 1.3% of Lincoln Beach households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lincoln Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,079th of 5,207: where Lincoln Beach ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 17 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 214 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 821 | Dundee OR | 3,193 | $107K | 3.3% | 4.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,077 | Livermore ME | 2,229 | $70K | 8.0% | 2.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 3,078 | Grant Township MI | 1,795 | $87K | 10.7% | 2.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,079 | Lincoln Beach OR | 2,434 | $74K | 9.8% | 3.6% | 5% | C+ |
| 3,080 | Mount Vernon TX | 2,610 | $72K | 10.7% | 4.9% | 16% | C+ |
| 3,081 | Fermanagh Township PA | 2,861 | $58K | 12.4% | 2.2% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Lincoln Beach, 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 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 Lincoln Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Lincoln Beach?
$73,750 (±$13,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lincoln Beach?
9.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lincoln Beach?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lincoln Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln City (17%, 8 mi), Newport (11%, 17 mi), Portland (9%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lincoln Beach walkable?
Lincoln Beach is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lincoln Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 37% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lincoln Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lincoln Beach
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. 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.