With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Ochoco West works elsewhere
Employers in Ochoco West report 3 jobs for 196 working residents. Hardly any work in Ochoco West itself; outside it, Prineville draws the most (31%, 8 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ochoco West quiets down on a workday
On a workday 196 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Ochoco West on a workday afternoon, 61% 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 Ochoco West: the destinations
Where Ochoco West clocks in
31% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Ochoco West are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Ochoco West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Ochoco West’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ochoco West workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 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.
The distance from Ochoco West to work
About 28% 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 Ochoco West: questions
What is the median household income in Ochoco West?
$84,000 (±$49,102) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ochoco West?
5.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ochoco West?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ochoco West work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prineville (31%, 8 mi), Bend (16%, 31 mi), Redmond (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ochoco West 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 Ochoco West, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ochoco West
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.