Photo: Orygun · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Tumalo’s working residents commute to Bend
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Oregon 19%). Only 2% work in Tumalo itself; outside it, Bend draws the most (51%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes; Oregon averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tumalo, in brief
More than half of Tumalo works in Bend
121 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Bend, 6.9 miles away. That’s 26 times as many as work in Tumalo itself. The commute map ↓
Most Tumalo residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Tumalo’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Oregon average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Tumalo’s residents
Where Tumalo clocks in
51% of workers
5% 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.
Half of Tumalo commutes less than 7 miles
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The trip to work from Tumalo: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tumalo workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Tumalo
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Tumalo on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Tumalo
299 jobs are based in Tumalo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tumalo, 2014 → 2024: 240 → 299. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tumalo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Tumalo: questions
What is the median household income in Tumalo?
$85,417 (±$32,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tumalo?
4.4%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tumalo?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tumalo work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Tumalo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tumalo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tumalo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.