Photo: Little Mountain 5 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Trail works elsewhere
10 jobs are based in Trail; 248 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Trail itself; outside it, Medford draws the most (33%, 23 miles). 20% of workers have no commute at all, 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 Trail, in a few figures
Trail is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Trail, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Trail has about 530 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Trail works in Medford
83 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Medford, 23 miles away. That’s far more as work in Trail itself. The commute map ↓
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 248 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Trail
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Trail on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The places Trail commutes to
Where Trail clocks in
33% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Trail: what the 10 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trail, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 10. 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 Trail’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Trail
of Trail workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 20% 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.
Half of Trail commutes less than 21 miles
About 17% 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 Trail: questions
What is the median household income in Trail?
$23,427 (±$20,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trail?
44.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Trail work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (33%, 23 mi), Central Point (6%, 21 mi), Shady Cove (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trail 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 Trail, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trail
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.