Work & commute · Beacon Hill

Work & commute in Beacon Hill, WA

Most working residents leave Beacon Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (27%), Kelso (7%) and Vancouver (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,059 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,052 Beacon Hill residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beacon Hill.

1,052live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beacon Hill goes to work

Longview2.7 mi away

27%285

Kelso4.1 mi away

7%79

Vancouver40 mi away

7%73

Portland, OR45.7 mi away

5%48

Seattle103.6 mi away

2%25

Woodland19.2 mi away

2%20

Kalama11.3 mi away

2%19

Olympia60.1 mi away

2%17

Tacoma77.8 mi away

1%15

Kent90.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%464

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

How far

How far Beacon Hill commutes

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

42%

22%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beacon Hill is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beacon Hill are

130 jobs are based in Beacon Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beacon Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beacon Hill

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Beacon Hill residents hold

1,059 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+65%

Jobs based in Beacon Hill, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 130. 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.