Photo: Sodares · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Sodaville commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 65 jobs in Sodaville, and 166 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Sodaville itself; outside it, Lebanon draws the most (22%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Sodaville
On a workday 164 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Sodaville on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Sodaville’s working residents head each day
Where Sodaville clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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.
Sodaville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sodaville, 2014 → 2024: 63 → 65. 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 Sodaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Sodaville: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sodaville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sodaville
About 15% 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 2024.
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 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 Sodaville: questions
What is the median household income in Sodaville?
$53,750 (±$13,107) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sodaville?
18.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sodaville?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sodaville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (22%, 4 mi), Albany (11%, 15 mi), Salem (8%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sodaville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sodaville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sodaville
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.