Work & commute · Cathlamet

Work & commute in Cathlamet, WA

Most working residents leave Cathlamet for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (8%), Portland (5%) and Vancouver (4%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

33 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 167 Cathlamet residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cathlamet.

167live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cathlamet goes to work

Cathlamet (in town)right here

17%33

Longview20.5 mi away

8%15

Portland, OR58.2 mi away

5%9

Vancouver54.6 mi away

4%8

East Cathlamet1.3 mi away

4%7

Astoria, OR20.6 mi away

3%5

Kelso24.6 mi away

2%4

Olympia62.2 mi away

2%4

Kent98.8 mi away

2%4

Seattle109.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%107

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

How far

How far Cathlamet commutes

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

26%

17%

10%

47%

26%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cathlamet is a job hub

2.01jobs 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 Cathlamet are

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

Jobs based in Cathlamet

401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cathlamet residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Cathlamet, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 401. 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.