Photo: Rvannatta · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine Hollow works elsewhere
Pine Hollow has 36 jobs for 182 working residents. Only 1% stay in Pine Hollow for work; outside it, The Dalles is the main destination (16%, 26 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Oregon has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Pine Hollow, and who commutes in
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Pine Hollow on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Pine Hollow: the destinations
Where Pine Hollow clocks in
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.
Jobs in Pine Hollow: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Hollow, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 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 Pine Hollow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Pine Hollow: about 57 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Hollow workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 commuters (the 7% 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 far it is to work from Pine Hollow
About 38% 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.
Next door to Pine Hollow
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Hollow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hollow | – | — | — | 57 min | $53,750 |
| Wamic | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wamic: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Hollow’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 Pine Hollow: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Hollow?
$53,750 (±$12,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Hollow?
20.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Hollow?
57 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Hollow work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are The Dalles (16%, 26 mi), Maupin (8%, 10 mi), Portland (6%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Hollow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Hollow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Hollow
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.