Photo: Kingofthedead · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Three Rivers commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Three Rivers is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Three Rivers has 453 jobs, against 1,541 working residents. Only 5% work in Three Rivers; the top destination outside it is Bend (38%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Three Rivers apart on work
Three Rivers and Bend trade workers both ways
Bend is the top workplace for Three Rivers residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Three Rivers come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Three Rivers is a place people come home to
There are 453 jobs based in Three Rivers, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Three Rivers has about 2,900 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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.
The figures behind Three Rivers’ Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Three Rivers’ grade up (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Three Rivers could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where Three Rivers’ working residents head each day
Where Three Rivers clocks in
38% of workers
12% 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.
Who leaves Three Rivers for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,469 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Three Rivers on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Three Rivers
About 30% 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.
Most jobs in Three Rivers are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Three Rivers, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 453. 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 Three Rivers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Three Rivers spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Three Rivers workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,359 commuters (the 25% 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.
In Three Rivers, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.4% across Oregon, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,811 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 0.8% of Three Rivers households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Three Rivers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400, Three Rivers comes 2,757th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 233 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
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| 328 | Beavercreek OR | 4,894 | $135K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A |
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| 371 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
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| 2,755 | Fermanagh Township PA | 2,861 | $58K | 12.4% | 2.2% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,756 | Buies Creek NC | 3,746 | $54K | 40.7% | 1.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,757 | Three Rivers OR | 3,995 | $87K | 7.1% | 6.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,758 | Sharpsburg PA | 2,990 | $59K | 17.4% | 6.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,759 | Orange Township IN | 3,959 | $66K | 14.6% | 4.1% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Three Rivers, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Next door is work for 12% of Three Rivers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Three Rivers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | – | C+ | B− | 24 min | $87,313 |
| Sunriver | 12% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $82,287 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sunriver. Darker towns draw more of Three Rivers’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 Three Rivers: questions
What is the median household income in Three Rivers?
$87,313 (±$13,227) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Three Rivers?
7.1%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Three Rivers?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Three Rivers work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bend (38%, 17 mi), Sunriver (12%, 4 mi), Portland (7%, 131 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Three Rivers walkable?
Three Rivers is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Three Rivers without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Three Rivers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Three Rivers
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.