Photo: Caseyjminnick · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Silver Lake commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 28% of workers (Oregon 19%). Silver Lake has 22 jobs, and 39 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Silver Lake itself; outside it, Bend draws the most (10%, 66 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Silver Lake
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 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.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Silver Lake’s residents
Where Silver Lake clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 55% of work in Silver Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Lake, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 22. 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 Silver Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Silver Lake
of Silver Lake workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 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.
How far Silver Lake goes to work
About 74% 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 Silver Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Lake?
$60,350 (±$45,581) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Lake?
9.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Silver Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bend (10%, 66 mi), Lakeview (8%, 74 mi), Medford (8%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silver Lake 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 Silver Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Lake
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.