Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0At 9.2%, unemployment in Mulino is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Mulino are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Only 4% stay in Mulino for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (22%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Mulino apart on work
Mulino and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Mulino residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Mulino come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mulino has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mulino went from 328 in 2013 to 650 in 2023, +98%. The jobs ↓
Mulino makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Mulino are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mulino residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. 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 976 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Mulino’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mulino is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Mulino’s grade up ($108,482, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mulino could be anywhere from C to A+.
The places Mulino commutes to
Where Mulino clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Mulino
650 jobs are based in Mulino.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mulino, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 650. 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 Mulino’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Mulino by day
On a workday 937 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 611 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Mulino on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Mulino’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mulino workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 792 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.
Where in the region Mulino works
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.
In Mulino, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mulino is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.4% across Oregon, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 944 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 0.5% of Mulino households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mulino’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mulino next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000: 2,167th of 5,102 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 237 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,165 | East Lexington VA | 1,652 | $64K | 3.9% | 0.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,166 | Fawn Township PA | 2,093 | $88K | 10.9% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,167 | Mulino OR | 2,229 | $108K | 10.0% | 9.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,168 | Olive Township IL | 1,677 | $72K | 10.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,169 | Smithfield Township IN | 1,750 | $64K | 6.8% | 1.2% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Mulino, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Next door to Mulino
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mulino workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulino | – | B− | C+ | 29 min | $108,482 |
| Beavercreek | under 3% | A | C+ | 32 min | $135,032 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mulino’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Mulino: questions
What is the median household income in Mulino?
$108,482 (±$32,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mulino?
10.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mulino?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mulino work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (22%, 22 mi), Oregon City (6%, 8 mi), Salem (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mulino walkable?
Mulino is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mulino without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mulino, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mulino
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. 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.