Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Nyssa (7.4%) than in 85% of U.S. towns
For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Oregon has 19%. Nyssa grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in seven work in Nyssa itself; outside it, Ontario draws the most (25%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nyssa at work: what stands out
Few Nyssa workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Nyssa and Ontario trade workers both ways
Ontario is the top workplace for Nyssa residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Nyssa come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nyssa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Nyssa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nyssa is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #124 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Nyssa’s grade up ($69,183, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nyssa could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Nyssa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nyssa workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,069 commuters (the 3% 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.
Commuting out of Nyssa: the destinations
Where Nyssa clocks in
25% of workers
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.
The daily flow of workers through Nyssa
On a workday 867 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Nyssa on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
Inside Nyssa’s 695 jobs
695 jobs are based in Nyssa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nyssa, 2013 → 2023: 763 → 695. 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 Nyssa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Nyssa
About 19% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Nyssa
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nyssa is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #41 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Nyssa near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,103 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 70% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.2% of Nyssa households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Nyssa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Nyssa ranks 3,900th of 4,453 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 358 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 776 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,898 | Hartford MI | 2,448 | $42K | 16.3% | 8.3% | 9% | D |
| 3,899 | Delhi NY | 3,526 | $58K | 17.4% | 5.2% | 18% | D |
| 3,900 | Nyssa OR | 3,257 | $69K | 16.9% | 7.4% | 15% | D |
| 3,901 | Hallettsville TX | 2,736 | $56K | 15.3% | 5.4% | 22% | D |
| 3,902 | DeQuincy LA | 2,878 | $44K | 16.5% | 1.9% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Nyssa, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Nyssa: questions
What is the median household income in Nyssa?
$69,183 (±$15,954) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nyssa?
16.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nyssa?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nyssa work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ontario (25%, 10 mi), Nampa (6%, 30 mi), Fruitland (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nyssa walkable?
Nyssa is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nyssa without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 70% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nyssa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nyssa
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.