St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Takilma
Only 7% stay in Takilma for work; outside it, Grants Pass is the main destination (16%, 31 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Oregon 19%). The trip to work takes 17 minutes 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
How many people are in Takilma by day
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 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 Takilma goes to work
Where Takilma clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 51% of work in Takilma
73 jobs are based in Takilma.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Takilma, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 73. 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 Takilma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Takilma: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Takilma workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 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.
How far Takilma goes to work
About 22% 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 Takilma: questions
What is the median household income in Takilma?
$33,109 (±$5,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Takilma?
39.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Takilma?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Takilma work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grants Pass (16%, 31 mi), Cave Junction (15%, 9 mi), Medford (6%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Takilma 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 Takilma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Takilma
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.