Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Richland has 4.4 jobs per working resident, and 200 people come in to work
There are 206 jobs in Richland; 47 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Richland itself; outside it, Halfway draws the most (17%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Richland
On a workday 41 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 330 people are in Richland on a workday afternoon, 94% more 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 in to Richland: where workers come from
Where Richland clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 78% of jobs based in Richland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richland, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 206. 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 Richland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Richland
of Richland workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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 Richland to work
About 42% 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 Richland: questions
What is the median household income in Richland?
$22,083 (±$13,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richland?
27.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Richland work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Halfway (17%, 8 mi), Baker City (11%, 32 mi), La Grande (6%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Richland 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 Richland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richland
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.