Most of Rivergrove commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Rivergrove has 26 jobs for 237 working residents. Hardly any work in Rivergrove itself; outside it, Portland draws the most (31%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rivergrove: the figures worth knowing
Rivergrove and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Rivergrove residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Rivergrove come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rivergrove is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Rivergrove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rivergrove has about 330 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Rivergrove residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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; with 237 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Rivergrove’s working residents head each day
Where Rivergrove clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Rivergrove
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Rivergrove on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
How far it is to work from Rivergrove
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.
73% of the jobs in Rivergrove pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rivergrove, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 26. 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 Rivergrove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Rivergrove: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rivergrove workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 28% 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.
Rivergrove and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lake Oswego (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rivergrove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivergrove | – | — | — | 23 min | $212,898 |
| Tualatin | 3% | B+ | A | 21 min | $104,043 |
| Lake Oswego | 11% | A | A | 22 min | $141,549 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rivergrove’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 Rivergrove: questions
What is the median household income in Rivergrove?
$212,898 (±$48,097) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rivergrove?
5.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rivergrove?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rivergrove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (31%, 11 mi), Lake Oswego (11%, 2 mi), Tigard (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rivergrove without a car?
3% 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 Rivergrove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rivergrove
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.