Photo: Cacophony · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Wedderburn, OR
54% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. There are 74 jobs in Wedderburn, against 122 working residents. The poverty rate is 9.5%; Oregon has 11.9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Wedderburn for work, and who comes in
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Wedderburn on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 2024, primary jobs.
32% of working residents work in Gold Beach
Where Wedderburn clocks in
32% of workers
14% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wedderburn, 2014 → 2024: 55 → 74. 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 Wedderburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wedderburn
of Wedderburn workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 54% 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 Wedderburn commutes
About 34% 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.
Wedderburn and its neighbors: 32% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wedderburn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedderburn | – | — | — | — | $52,941 |
| Gold Beach | 32% | D | A− | 13 min | $56,014 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gold Beach. Darker towns draw more of Wedderburn’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 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 Wedderburn: questions
What is the median household income in Wedderburn?
$52,941 (±$14,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wedderburn?
9.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wedderburn work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gold Beach (32%, 2 mi), Brookings (14%, 26 mi), Nesika Beach (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wedderburn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wedderburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wedderburn
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.