Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Mosier has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Mosier has 54 jobs, and 178 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Mosier itself; outside it, The Dalles draws the most (25%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes 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
Who works in Mosier, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Mosier on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where people from Mosier work
Where Mosier clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
In Mosier, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mosier, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 54. 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 Mosier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mosier’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mosier workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 16% 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 Mosier goes to work
About 40% 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 Mosier: questions
What is the median household income in Mosier?
$73,278 (±$10,369) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mosier?
8.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mosier?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mosier work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are The Dalles (25%, 13 mi), Portland (8%, 61 mi), Hood River (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mosier without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mosier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mosier
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.