Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Redmond have higher incomes than those in 61% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Redmond; the top destination outside it is Bend (30%, 15 miles). Poverty touches 9.6% of residents; Oregon has 11.9%. Jobs and income earn Redmond B−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Redmond, in brief
Redmond trades workers with the towns around it
Redmond has about as many jobs (14,668) as working residents (15,630), but they are mostly different people: 10,934 residents leave for work each day while 9,972 people come in. Only 32% of the jobs in Redmond are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Redmond and Bend trade workers both ways
Bend is the top workplace for Redmond residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Redmond come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Redmond has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Redmond went from 9,377 in 2013 to 14,668 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Redmond’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Redmond is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #66 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Redmond’s grade up ($84,164, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Redmond could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Redmond
On a workday 10,934 residents head out to work, 4,696 work right here, and 9,972 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Redmond goes to work
Where Redmond clocks in
30% of workers
3% 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.
What work there is in Redmond: 14,668 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redmond, 2013 → 2023: 9,377 → 14,668. 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 Redmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Redmond: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redmond workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,165 commuters (the 14% 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 Redmond
About 24% 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.
The commute in Redmond is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redmond is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #109 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Redmond near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,630 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Redmond households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Redmond’s commuters take a bus or train.
769th of 1,113: where Redmond ranks among U.S. towns of 27,000 to 52,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 91 | Lake Oswego OR | 39,722 | $142K | 3.4% | 3.4% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Bethany OR | 33,106 | $168K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Happy Valley OR | 28,916 | $122K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 767 | Egg Harbor Township NJ | 48,435 | $97K | 9.4% | 8.2% | 15% | B− |
| 768 | Athens AL | 34,209 | $70K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 26% | B− |
| 769 | Redmond OR | 38,547 | $84K | 9.6% | 4.5% | 30% | B− |
| 770 | Columbia TN | 50,072 | $64K | 14.2% | 2.6% | 23% | B− |
| 771 | Pennsauken Township NJ | 37,742 | $88K | 13.9% | 8.7% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,113 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Redmond, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Redmond: questions
What is the median household income in Redmond?
$84,164 (±$6,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redmond?
9.6%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redmond?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redmond work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bend (30%, 15 mi), Portland (5%, 114 mi), Prineville (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redmond walkable?
Redmond is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redmond without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redmond
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.