Work & commute · Brush Prairie

Work & commute in Brush Prairie, WA

Most working residents leave Brush Prairie for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (28%), Portland (14%) and Battle Ground (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,259 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

44%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,208 Brush Prairie residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 2,519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brush Prairie.

1,208live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

2,519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brush Prairie goes to work

Vancouver6.5 mi away

28%349

Portland, OR13.9 mi away

14%170

Battle Ground3.6 mi away

5%65

Brush Prairie (in town)right here

4%51

Seattle131.2 mi away

4%48

Mount Vista4.1 mi away

2%30

Camas10.2 mi away

2%25

Longview35.3 mi away

2%24

Hazel Dell5.9 mi away

2%23

Gresham, OR16.2 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%455

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

How far

How far Brush Prairie commutes

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

49%

28%

19%

49%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brush Prairie is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brush Prairie are

2,570 jobs are based in Brush Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brush Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brush Prairie

2,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Brush Prairie residents hold

1,259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in Brush Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 2,455 → 2,570. 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.