Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainMost of Rockcreek commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
723 jobs are based in Rockcreek for 4,690 working residents. Rockcreek grades A for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rockcreek, in brief
A lot of Rockcreek works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Rockcreek: Hillsboro (24%) and Beaverton (11%). Next door ↓
Rockcreek is a place people come home to
There are 723 jobs based in Rockcreek, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rockcreek has about 5,300 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Rockcreek residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rockcreek
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rockcreek is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #12 of 142 in Oregon. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rockcreek could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How a workday changes Rockcreek
On a workday 4,617 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 650 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Rockcreek on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Rockcreek
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
25% of working residents work in Portland
Where Rockcreek clocks in
24% of workers
11% 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.
Rockcreek is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockcreek, 2014 → 2024: 682 → 723. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockcreek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rockcreek’s commute takes 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 Rockcreek workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,862 commuters (the 24% 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.
In Rockcreek, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rockcreek is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #45 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Rockcreek 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 5,061 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 56% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 7.4% of Rockcreek households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Rockcreek’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rockcreek is 546th of 2,841 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 177 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 410 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
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| 544 | Bedminster Township NJ | 8,285 | $124K | 5.3% | 4.5% | 5% | A |
| 545 | Brunswick Hills Township OH | 11,536 | $94K | 7.2% | 2.0% | 2% | A |
| 546 | Rockcreek OR | 9,223 | $107K | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 547 | Mechanicsburg PA | 10,037 | $84K | 5.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A |
| 548 | Willow Park TX | 7,439 | $132K | 10.3% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Rockcreek, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Rockcreek and its neighbors: 35% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hillsboro (24%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Rockcreek’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 2024, 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 Rockcreek: questions
What is the median household income in Rockcreek?
$107,101 (±$10,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockcreek?
4.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockcreek?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockcreek work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (25%, 11 mi), Hillsboro (24%, 3 mi), Beaverton (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rockcreek walkable?
Rockcreek is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rockcreek without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockcreek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockcreek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.