Work & commute · Copalis Beach

Work & commute in Copalis Beach, WA

Most working residents leave Copalis Beach for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ocean Shores (9%), Aberdeen (7%) and Seattle (5%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 148 Copalis Beach residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copalis Beach.

148live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copalis Beach goes to work

Ocean Shores10.9 mi away

9%14

Aberdeen19.6 mi away

7%10

Seattle91.5 mi away

5%8

Auburn92.6 mi away

3%5

Tacoma80.6 mi away

3%5

Renton95.6 mi away

3%4

Kent93.4 mi away

3%4

Amanda Park25.3 mi away

3%4

Tumwater59.5 mi away

2%3

Olympia60.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%89

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

How far

How far Copalis Beach commutes

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

28%

11%

55%

28%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copalis Beach is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Copalis Beach are

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

Jobs based in Copalis Beach

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Copalis Beach residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+146%

Jobs based in Copalis Beach, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 32. 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.