Work & commute · Camas

Work & commute in Camas, WA

Most working residents leave Camas for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (28%), Portland (15%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,538 of 11,394 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,856 Camas residents head out of town to work, 1,538 work right here, and 8,473 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camas.

9,856live here, work elsewhere

1,538live and work here

8,473work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camas goes to work

Vancouver8.4 mi away

28%3,179

Portland, OR11.5 mi away

15%1,668

Camas (in town)right here

13%1,538

Seattle139.4 mi away

4%453

Washougal4.3 mi away

2%283

Hillsboro, OR24.8 mi away

2%196

Gresham, OR6.9 mi away

1%169

Bellevue138.5 mi away

1%154

Mount Vista13.5 mi away

1%151

Longview45.5 mi away

1%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,474

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

How far

How far Camas commutes

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

42%

34%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camas is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Camas are

10,011 jobs are based in Camas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camas

10,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Camas residents hold

11,394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+54%

Jobs based in Camas, 2013 → 2023: 6,520 → 10,011. 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.