Photo: Valfontis · Public domainRickreall draws 114 commuters a day, with 3.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Employers in Rickreall report 114 jobs; 34 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rickreall itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Rickreall, and who commutes in
On a workday 34 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 130 people are in Rickreall on a workday afternoon, 154% 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 Rickreall: where workers come from
Where Rickreall clocks in
21% of workers
15% 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.
89% of the jobs in Rickreall make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rickreall, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 114. 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 Rickreall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rickreall
of Rickreall workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 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.
How far it is to work from Rickreall
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 Rickreall: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rickreall?
26.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rickreall work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (21%, 4 mi), Salem (15%, 10 mi), Portland (9%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rickreall 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 Rickreall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rickreall
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.