Work & commute · Dallesport

Work & commute in Dallesport, WA

Most working residents leave Dallesport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are The Dalles (13%), Portland (7%) and Goldendale (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 451 Dallesport residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dallesport.

451live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dallesport goes to work

The Dalles, OR2.4 mi away

13%59

Portland, OR71.9 mi away

7%31

Goldendale21.1 mi away

6%28

Hood River, OR18 mi away

5%24

White Salmon16.7 mi away

4%18

Vancouver69 mi away

4%17

Seattle148.4 mi away

3%16

Lyle7 mi away

3%14

Bingen15.7 mi away

3%13

Dallesport (in town)right here

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%231

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

How far

How far Dallesport commutes

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

20%

31%

42%

20%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dallesport is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dallesport are

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

Jobs based in Dallesport

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Dallesport residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+86%

Jobs based in Dallesport, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 121. 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.