Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0About half of Lookingglass’ working residents commute to Roseburg
2% of workers have no commute at all (Oregon 19%). Hardly any work in Lookingglass itself; outside it, Roseburg draws the most (45%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute from Lookingglass lasts 17 minutes (Oregon 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lookingglass, in brief
Nearly half of Lookingglass works in Roseburg
163 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Roseburg, 7.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Lookingglass itself. The commute map ↓
Lookingglass is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Lookingglass, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lookingglass has about 680 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lookingglass residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 362 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Lookingglass’ working residents head each day
Where Lookingglass clocks in
45% of workers
5% 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 workday in Lookingglass: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Lookingglass on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Lookingglass commutes
About 23% 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.
Lookingglass makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
79 jobs are based in Lookingglass.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lookingglass, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 79. 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 Lookingglass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from Lookingglass
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lookingglass workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 512 commuters (the 2% 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.
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 Lookingglass: questions
What is the median household income in Lookingglass?
$89,625 (±$14,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lookingglass?
2.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lookingglass?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lookingglass work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Lookingglass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lookingglass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lookingglass
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.