Photo: Akampfer · CC BY-SA 3.0Wimer has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Wimer; the top destination outside it is Medford (25%, 21 miles). Employers in Wimer report 48 jobs, and 192 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wimer on a workday afternoon
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Wimer on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Wimer to work: where people go
Where Wimer clocks in
25% of workers
20% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Wimer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wimer, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 48. 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 Wimer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 92 minutes each way for Wimer’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 29.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wimer workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 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.
Half of Wimer commutes less than 18 miles
About 16% 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 Wimer: questions
What is the median household income in Wimer?
$43,558 (±$12,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wimer?
3.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wimer?
92 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wimer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (25%, 21 mi), Grants Pass (20%, 13 mi), Rogue River (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wimer 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 Wimer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wimer
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.