Work & commute · Bingen

Work & commute in Bingen, WA

Most working residents leave Bingen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are White Salmon (14%), Hood River (13%) and Seattle (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 241 Bingen residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bingen.

241live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bingen goes to work

White Salmon1.3 mi away

14%35

Hood River, OR2.5 mi away

13%34

Seattle138.2 mi away

5%12

Bingen (in town)right here

4%11

Portland, OR58.2 mi away

4%10

Trout Lake20.9 mi away

4%9

Goldendale32.1 mi away

2%6

The Dalles, OR17.3 mi away

2%4

Hillsboro, OR71.8 mi away

1%3

Renton126.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%125

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

How far

How far Bingen commutes

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

46%

14%

36%

46%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bingen is a job hub

2.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bingen are

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

Jobs based in Bingen

596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Bingen residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−4%

Jobs based in Bingen, 2013 → 2023: 621 → 596. 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.