Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Waldport are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland. Below the poverty line: 15.7% of residents; Oregon has 11.9%. Waldport grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Waldport, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Waldport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Oregon. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Waldport
51% of Waldport residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Waldport pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. 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; with 613 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Waldport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Waldport is better than 7% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Waldport’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (17.2%) is left out: Waldport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Waldport could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Waldport goes to work
About 37% 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.
Getting to work from Waldport takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waldport workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 584 commuters (the 19% 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 kinds of work in Waldport
366 jobs are based in Waldport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waldport, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 366. 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 Waldport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Waldport quiets down on a workday
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Waldport on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Newport
Where Waldport clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
Waldport is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waldport is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Waldport 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 725 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 84% 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 1.3% of Waldport households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waldport’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Waldport compares with U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Dunthorpe OR | 1,875 | $250K | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 202 | Boring OR | 1,869 | $159K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,810 | Audubon IA | 1,989 | $40K | 14.4% | 2.4% | 35% | D |
| 4,811 | Warroad MN | 1,976 | $51K | 21.0% | 6.1% | 68% | D |
| 4,812 | Waldport OR | 2,268 | $56K | 15.7% | 17.2% | 10% | D |
| 4,813 | Warden WA | 2,830 | $58K | 20.9% | 8.1% | 18% | D |
| 4,814 | Indianfields Township MI | 2,463 | $57K | 33.3% | 4.8% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Waldport, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Work in the towns next to Waldport
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waldport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldport | – | D | A | 32 min | $55,625 |
| Bayshore | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bayshore: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waldport’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 Waldport: questions
What is the median household income in Waldport?
$55,625 (±$14,779) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waldport?
15.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waldport?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waldport work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (22%, 14 mi), Yachats (8%, 8 mi), Portland (5%, 104 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waldport walkable?
Waldport is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waldport 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 Waldport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waldport
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.