Photo: Elaine with Grey Cats on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0Oregon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 61 jobs in Oregon Township, and 419 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Oregon Township itself; outside it, Honesdale draws the most (19%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Oregon Township apart on work
How many people are in Oregon Township by day
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Oregon Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Where people from Oregon Township work
Where Oregon Township clocks in
19% 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.
56% of the jobs in Oregon Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oregon Township, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 61. 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 Oregon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Oregon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oregon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Oregon Township works
About 26% 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.
Around Oregon Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Dyberry Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oregon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $75,625 |
| Damascus Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 39 min | $75,357 |
| Dyberry Township | 7% | B− | B+ | 22 min | $88,438 |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 25 min | $68,494 |
| Lebanon Township | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lebanon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oregon Township’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 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 Oregon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oregon Township?
$75,625 (±$15,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oregon Township?
5.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oregon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oregon Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Honesdale (19%, 6 mi), Texas Township (7%, 8 mi), Dyberry Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oregon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oregon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oregon Township
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.