Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0There are 2.5 jobs in Tangent for every working resident, and 1,476 people commute in
Measured by household income, Tangent is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. 1,490 jobs are based in Tangent for 589 working residents. For jobs and income Tangent is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Tangent
Tangent is where the jobs are
Tangent has 1,490 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,100 people are in town, 72% more than the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Tangent and Albany trade workers both ways
Albany is the top workplace for Tangent residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Tangent come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Tangent has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Tangent went from 901 in 2013 to 1,490 in 2023, +65%. 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; with 589 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Tangent’s grade explained
Household income holds Tangent’s grade up ($99,000, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (14.9%) is left out: Tangent’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tangent could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Tangent
On a workday 575 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 2,100 people are in Tangent on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Tangent: where workers come from
Where Tangent clocks in
23% 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.
77% of the jobs in Tangent pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tangent, 2013 → 2023: 901 → 1,490. 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 Tangent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tangent’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tangent workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 532 commuters (the 12% 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 many miles Tangent commutes
About 20% 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.
In Tangent, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 606 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 4% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 4.9% of Tangent households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tangent’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Tangent comes 1,810th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 161 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
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| 168 | Coburg OR | 1,373 | $98K | 1.5% | 8.9% | 5% | A |
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| 266 | Aurora OR | 1,113 | $108K | 6.1% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
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| 1,808 | Lazy Mountain AK | 1,459 | $102K | 7.4% | 6.2% | — | B− |
| 1,809 | Flat Top Mountain TN | 1,004 | $121K | 15.1% | 0.0% | 0% | B− |
| 1,810 | Tangent OR | 1,245 | $99K | 20.4% | 14.9% | 2% | B− |
| 1,811 | Yoe PA | 1,058 | $59K | 10.8% | 4.7% | 0% | B− |
| 1,812 | Orion Township IL | 1,120 | $69K | 5.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Tangent, 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 Tangent: questions
What is the median household income in Tangent?
$99,000 (±$18,754) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tangent?
20.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tangent?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tangent work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (23%, 6 mi), Corvallis (20%, 8 mi), Salem (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tangent walkable?
Tangent is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tangent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tangent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tangent
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.