Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0Most of Westport commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 36 jobs in Westport, against 153 working residents. Hardly any work in Westport; the top destination outside it is Portland (11%, 54 miles). Home is the office for 40% of workers (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Westport
On a workday 153 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Westport on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Westport’s residents
Where Westport clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Westport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westport, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 36. 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 Westport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Westport
of Westport workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 40% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Westport
About 39% 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.
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 Westport: questions
What is the median household income in Westport?
$33,598 (±$2,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westport?
9.1%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Westport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (11%, 54 mi), Astoria (10%, 22 mi), Warrenton (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Westport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westport
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.