Photo: Valfontis · Public domainNeotsu has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average (Oregon 23, U.S. 26). There are 69 jobs in Neotsu, and 224 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 19% across Oregon.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Neotsu, in a few figures
Neotsu and Lincoln City trade workers both ways
Lincoln City is the top workplace for Neotsu residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Neotsu come from (41% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Neotsu workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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 224 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
35% of working residents work in Lincoln City
Where Neotsu clocks in
35% of workers
6% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Oregon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neotsu workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 4% 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.
Miles to work from Neotsu
About 30% 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.
In and out of Neotsu on a workday
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Neotsu on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Neotsu
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neotsu, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 69. 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 Neotsu’s own residents hold wherever they work.
35% of Neotsu works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neotsu workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neotsu | – | — | — | 20 min | $105,133 |
| Lincoln City | 35% | D | A | 17 min | $56,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lincoln City. Darker towns draw more of Neotsu’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 Neotsu: questions
What is the median household income in Neotsu?
$105,133 (±$17,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neotsu?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neotsu?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neotsu work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln City (35%, 2 mi), Portland (8%, 75 mi), Salem (6%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Neotsu 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 Neotsu, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neotsu
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.