Thomas Creek-Gilkey Covered Bridge · Photo: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA · CC BY 2.0West Scio has 2.4 jobs for every working resident: 102 people commute in to work
Hardly any stay in West Scio for work; outside it, Salem is the main destination (19%, 16 miles). West Scio has 102 jobs, against 42 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Oregon has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of West Scio
On a workday 42 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 98 people are in West Scio on a workday afternoon, 158% 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.
Where West Scio’s workers come from
Where West Scio clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
West Scio makes things: 98% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Scio, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 102. 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 West Scio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in West Scio
of West Scio workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 0% 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 West Scio commutes
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 West Scio: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Scio?
0.0%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in West Scio work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (19%, 16 mi), Albany (14%, 12 mi), Scio (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Scio 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 West Scio, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Scio
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.