Work & commute · Central Park

Work & commute in Central Park, WA

Most working residents leave Central Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (25%), Montesano (7%) and Hoquiam (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,304 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,290 Central Park residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central Park.

1,290live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central Park goes to work

Aberdeen5.1 mi away

25%327

Montesano6.3 mi away

7%90

Hoquiam9.8 mi away

6%80

Seattle77.6 mi away

5%66

Olympia38.4 mi away

5%60

Elma14 mi away

3%37

Tacoma61.6 mi away

2%29

Tumwater37.1 mi away

2%23

Lacey42.9 mi away

2%23

Amanda Park35 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%550

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

How far

How far Central Park commutes

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

44%

10%

15%

31%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central Park is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Central Park are

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

Jobs based in Central Park

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Central Park residents hold

1,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Central Park, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 154. 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.