Photo: QuintinK · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Monroe
Employers in Monroe report 318 jobs; 300 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Monroe for work; outside it, Corvallis is the main destination (16%, 18 miles). Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average, where Oregon has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Monroe
Monroe workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Monroe and Corvallis trade workers both ways
Corvallis is the top workplace for Monroe residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Monroe makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Monroe are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Monroe residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
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 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Monroe: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where the trip to work from Monroe ends
Where Monroe clocks in
14% 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.
Monroe works in goods: 48% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 318. 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 Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Monroe, and who commutes in
On a workday 290 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Monroe commutes less than 20 miles
About 20% 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 Monroe: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe?
$78,646 (±$24,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe?
4.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe?
40 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corvallis (16%, 18 mi), Eugene (14%, 20 mi), Springfield (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monroe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe
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.