Photo: M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0Wilsonville has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 21,690 people commute in to work
23,380 jobs are based in Wilsonville; 11,787 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Wilsonville B; getting around on foot earns it A. About one in seven stay in Wilsonville for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (22%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wilsonville stands out on work
Wilsonville is where the jobs are
Wilsonville has 23,380 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 39,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 28,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Wilsonville draws workers from far and wide
The 23,380 jobs in Wilsonville are filled from a wide area. Wilsonville’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Wilsonville’s workers comes from Portland
2,219 of the people who work in Wilsonville live in Portland, 17 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wilsonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilsonville is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #51 of 142 in Oregon. Job access by car holds Wilsonville’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilsonville could be anywhere from B− to A−.
In and out of Wilsonville on a workday
On a workday 10,097 residents head out to work and 1,690 work right here.
About 39,000 people are in Wilsonville on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Wilsonville
Where Wilsonville clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
68% of the jobs in Wilsonville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilsonville, 2014 → 2024: 17,586 → 23,380. 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 Wilsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Wilsonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilsonville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,554 commuters (the 14% 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 Wilsonville
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.
Wilsonville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,381 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 6.5% of Wilsonville households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wilsonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wilsonville is 846th among 1,544 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 38,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Bethany OR | 33,106 | $168K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | Sherwood OR | 20,535 | $110K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | West Linn OR | 26,567 | $147K | 5.5% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 844 | Perry Township IN | 24,679 | $66K | 11.0% | 2.2% | 9% | B |
| 845 | Norton Shores MI | 25,088 | $77K | 6.5% | 4.8% | 13% | B |
| 846 | Wilsonville OR | 27,833 | $96K | 8.8% | 6.6% | 14% | B |
| 847 | Riverhead NY | 36,394 | $94K | 8.6% | 5.2% | 21% | B |
| 848 | Kendall West FL | 35,912 | $70K | 11.9% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,544 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Wilsonville, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 Wilsonville: questions
What is the median household income in Wilsonville?
$96,236 (±$8,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilsonville?
8.8%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilsonville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilsonville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (22%, 17 mi), Tualatin (8%, 4 mi), Tigard (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wilsonville walkable?
Wilsonville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilsonville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilsonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilsonville
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. 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.