Bend draws more than half of Tetherow’s working residents
Employers in Tetherow report 280 jobs, against 330 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 40% of workers; Oregon has 19%. A typical one-way commute lasts 10 minutes (Oregon 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Tetherow: the gist
Home offices are common in Tetherow
41% of Tetherow workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Tetherow are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 23 across Oregon. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oregon worker. Time on the road ↓
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 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Tetherow goes to work
Where Tetherow clocks in
54% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Tetherow: about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tetherow workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 41% 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.
Who commutes out of Tetherow, and who commutes in
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 277 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 (0.85 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.
Services make up most of the work in Tetherow
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tetherow, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 280. 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 Tetherow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Tetherow, by distance
About 32% 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.
54% of Tetherow works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bend. Darker towns draw more of Tetherow’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Tetherow: questions
What is the median household income in Tetherow?
$158,824 (±$80,367) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tetherow?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tetherow?
10 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tetherow work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Tetherow 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 Tetherow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tetherow
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.