Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in St. Paul, OR
Only 4% stay in St. Paul for work; outside it, Salem is the main destination (10%, 20 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, where Oregon has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in St. Paul, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in St. Paul on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where St. Paul’s working residents head each day
Where St. Paul clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
68% of the jobs in St. Paul pay over $3,333 a month
193 jobs are based in St. Paul.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Paul, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 193. 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 St. Paul’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from St. Paul
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Paul workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from St. Paul
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 St. Paul: questions
What is the median household income in St. Paul?
$138,409 (±$24,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Paul?
2.1%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Paul?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Paul work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (10%, 20 mi), Portland (8%, 28 mi), Newberg (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Paul without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Paul, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Paul
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.