Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Oceanside works elsewhere
Only 1% stay in Oceanside for work; outside it, Tillamook is the main destination (24%, 6 miles). There are 36 jobs in Oceanside, against 171 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Oceanside
On a workday 169 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Oceanside on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting out of Oceanside: the destinations
Where Oceanside clocks in
24% 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 kinds of work in Oceanside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oceanside, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 36. 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 Oceanside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Oceanside
of Oceanside workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Oceanside
About 44% 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.
How Oceanside compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Netarts (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Oceanside’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 Oceanside: questions
What is the poverty rate in Oceanside?
7.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oceanside work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tillamook (24%, 6 mi), Portland (12%, 64 mi), Hillsboro (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oceanside 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 Oceanside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oceanside
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.