Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Peoria works elsewhere
Peoria has 2 jobs, and 39 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Peoria; the top destination outside it is Eugene (31%, 28 miles). Working from home is the commute for 100% of workers; Oregon has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Peoria
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Peoria on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Peoria: the destinations
Where Peoria clocks in
31% of workers
10% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Peoria
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 Peoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Peoria
of Peoria workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Peoria
About 23% 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 Peoria: questions
What is the median household income in Peoria?
$141,368 (±$4,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peoria?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Peoria work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eugene (31%, 28 mi), Junction City (10%, 16 mi), Springfield (8%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peoria
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.