Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Meacham commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all (Oregon 19%). 4 jobs are based in Meacham, and 42 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Meacham for work; outside it, Pendleton is the main destination (40%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Meacham for work, and who comes in
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Meacham on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 Meacham’s residents
Where Meacham clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
What Meacham’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meacham, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Meacham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Meacham
of Meacham workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
How far Meacham goes to work
About 29% 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 Meacham: questions
What is the poverty rate in Meacham?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Meacham work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pendleton (40%, 21 mi), Pilot Rock (7%, 19 mi), La Grande (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meacham 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 Meacham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meacham
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.