Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Tualatin has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 29,158 people come in to work
There are 31,074 jobs in Tualatin, against 13,292 working residents. Tualatin grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Tualatin: the gist
Tualatin is where the jobs are
Tualatin has 31,074 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 46,000 people are in town, 63% more than the 28,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Tualatin and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Tualatin residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Tualatin come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Tualatin makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Tualatin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tualatin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Tualatin has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Tualatin went from 22,282 in 2013 to 31,074 in 2023, +39%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Tualatin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tualatin is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #26 of 142 in Oregon. Job access by car holds Tualatin’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tualatin could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Tualatin
On a workday 11,376 residents head out to work and 1,916 work right here.
About 46,000 people are in Tualatin on a workday afternoon, 63% more 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.
Commuting in to Tualatin: where workers come from
Where Tualatin clocks in
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 39% of Tualatin’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tualatin, 2013 → 2023: 22,282 → 31,074. 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 Tualatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Tualatin, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tualatin workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,816 commuters (the 22% 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 Tualatin commutes
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.
Tualatin is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tualatin is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #55 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Tualatin near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,100 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 3.9% of Tualatin households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Tualatin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Tualatin is 608th of 1,409 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Bethany OR | 33,106 | $168K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 283 | Sherwood OR | 20,535 | $110K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | West Linn OR | 26,567 | $147K | 5.5% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 606 | Brighton NY | 36,695 | $85K | 8.9% | 3.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 607 | Smithfield RI | 22,625 | $102K | 6.2% | 6.0% | 15% | B+ |
| 608 | Tualatin OR | 28,139 | $104K | 10.0% | 4.4% | 14% | B+ |
| 609 | Simpsonville SC | 28,459 | $82K | 6.1% | 4.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 610 | East Pennsboro Township PA | 21,658 | $83K | 5.5% | 4.7% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Tualatin, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
15% of Tualatin works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Tigard (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tualatin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tualatin | – | B+ | A | 21 min | $104,043 |
| Durham | under 2% | B | A+ | 18 min | $81,250 |
| Stafford | under 2% | A | C− | 33 min | $163,155 |
| Tigard | 8% | A− | A | 23 min | $108,823 |
| Lake Oswego | 5% | A | A | 22 min | $141,549 |
| Rivergrove | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Sherwood | 2% | A | A− | 24 min | $109,966 |
| King City | under 2% | B+ | A | 25 min | $63,684 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rivergrove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tualatin’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 Tualatin: questions
What is the median household income in Tualatin?
$104,043 (±$5,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tualatin?
10.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tualatin?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tualatin work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (25%, 13 mi), Tigard (8%, 3 mi), Beaverton (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tualatin walkable?
Tualatin is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tualatin without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tualatin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tualatin
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.