Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0Sublimity has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
531 jobs are based in Sublimity, against 1,258 working residents. The two grades for Sublimity are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.3 in Salem.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sublimity: the gist
Sublimity and Salem trade workers both ways
Salem is the top workplace for Sublimity residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Sublimity come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sublimity
69% of Sublimity residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Sublimity pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Sublimity’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sublimity is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #45 of 142 in Oregon. Unemployment holds Sublimity’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sublimity could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
31% of working residents work in Salem
Where Sublimity clocks in
31% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Sublimity: what the 531 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sublimity, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 531. 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 Sublimity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Sublimity for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,219 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Sublimity on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Sublimity’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sublimity workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 927 commuters (the 13% 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.
The distance from Sublimity to work
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.
Sublimity is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sublimity is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #100 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,065 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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 Sublimity households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sublimity’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Sublimity comes 1,493rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 796 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,491 | Upland IN | 3,835 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,492 | Geneva NE | 2,100 | $80K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 28% | B+ |
| 1,493 | Sublimity OR | 2,882 | $78K | 10.9% | 1.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,494 | Palmyra Township OH | 2,801 | $89K | 11.8% | 3.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,495 | Butler Township OH | 3,461 | $73K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Sublimity, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Sublimity: questions
What is the median household income in Sublimity?
$77,969 (±$8,985) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sublimity?
10.9%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sublimity?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sublimity work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (31%, 13 mi), Stayton (10%, 2 mi), Portland (7%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sublimity walkable?
Sublimity is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sublimity without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sublimity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sublimity
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. 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.