Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0Svensen has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Svensen report 28 jobs, and 389 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Svensen itself; outside it, Astoria draws the most (25%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 1% of workers, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Svensen: the figures worth knowing
Svensen is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Svensen, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Svensen has about 420 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Svensen and Astoria trade workers both ways
Astoria is the top workplace for Svensen residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Svensen come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Svensen
On a workday 385 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Svensen on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Out of Svensen to work: where people go
Where Svensen clocks in
25% 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.
The commute from Svensen, by distance
About 35% 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 Svensen’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Svensen, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 28. 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 Svensen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Svensen spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Svensen workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 1% 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.
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 Svensen: questions
What is the median household income in Svensen?
$88,750 (±$28,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Svensen?
23.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Svensen?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Svensen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Astoria (25%, 8 mi), Warrenton (10%, 13 mi), Portland (7%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Svensen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Svensen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Svensen
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.