Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0How Orient works: jobs, income and commuting
Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average; Oregon averages 23, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 9% of workers, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Hardly any stay in Orient for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (34%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Orient stands out on work
One in three of Orient works in Portland
88 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Portland, 15 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Orient itself. The commute map ↓
Orient workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 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; with 256 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Orient’s residents
Where Orient clocks in
13% 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 32 minutes to work from Orient
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Orient workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 9% 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.
How many people are in Orient by day
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Orient on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
What work there is in Orient: 184 jobs
184 jobs are based in Orient.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orient, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 184. 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 Orient’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Orient goes to work
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.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Orient’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Gresham. Darker towns draw more of Orient’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 Orient: questions
What is the median household income in Orient?
$92,212 (±$42,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orient?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Orient?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Orient work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (34%, 15 mi), Gresham (13%, 5 mi), Troutdale (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orient 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 Orient, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orient
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.