Work & commute · Bay Center

Work & commute in Bay Center, WA

Most working residents leave Bay Center for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (15%), Raymond (10%) and Aberdeen (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Bay Center residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay Center.

101live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bay Center goes to work

South Bend7.9 mi away

15%15

Raymond11.2 mi away

10%10

Aberdeen25.4 mi away

6%6

Olympia57.8 mi away

6%6

Seattle102.1 mi away

5%5

Tacoma82.9 mi away

4%4

Tokeland6.2 mi away

3%3

Ilwaco22 mi away

2%2

Redmond113.1 mi away

2%2

Renton101.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%47

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bay Center commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

22%

48%

25%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bay Center is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bay Center are

50 jobs are based in Bay Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bay Center

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bay Center residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−2%

Jobs based in Bay Center, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 50. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.