Work & commute · Castle Rock

Work & commute in Castle Rock, WA

Most working residents leave Castle Rock for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (17%), Vancouver (8%) and Kelso (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,060 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 978 Castle Rock residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castle Rock.

978live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castle Rock goes to work

Longview9.2 mi away

17%184

Castle Rock (in town)right here

8%82

Vancouver46.3 mi away

8%81

Kelso10.8 mi away

7%74

Portland, OR52.2 mi away

4%39

Seattle96.7 mi away

2%25

Woodland25.5 mi away

2%22

Tacoma70.9 mi away

1%15

Olympia53.1 mi away

1%14

Kalama17.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%511

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

How far

How far Castle Rock commutes

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

27%

20%

19%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castle Rock is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castle Rock are

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

Jobs based in Castle Rock

746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Castle Rock residents hold

1,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+29%

Jobs based in Castle Rock, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 746. 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.