Photo: Doug from Portland, USA · CC BY 2.0A job hub: Sumpter has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 131 people come in to work
133 jobs are based in Sumpter; 53 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Sumpter; the top destination outside it is Baker City (28%, 18 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sumpter by day and by night
On a workday 51 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 290 people are in Sumpter on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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.
The daily trip into Sumpter
Where Sumpter clocks in
28% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Sumpter makes things: 84% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sumpter, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 133. 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 Sumpter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sumpter
of Sumpter workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% 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 commute from Sumpter, by distance
About 37% 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 Sumpter: questions
What is the median household income in Sumpter?
$26,471 (±$6,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sumpter?
19.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sumpter work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baker City (28%, 18 mi), La Grande (6%, 40 mi), Pendleton (4%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sumpter 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 Sumpter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sumpter
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.