Work & commute · Duluth

Work & commute in Duluth, WA

Most working residents leave Duluth for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (25%), Portland (12%) and Ridgefield (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 750 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 737 Duluth residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duluth.

737live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duluth goes to work

Vancouver10.4 mi away

25%189

Portland, OR17.1 mi away

12%92

Ridgefield2.6 mi away

6%42

Seattle127.6 mi away

4%30

Battle Ground5.1 mi away

3%24

Mount Vista3.3 mi away

3%22

Hazel Dell7 mi away

3%19

Woodland10.6 mi away

2%16

Brush Prairie6.3 mi away

2%16

Salmon Creek5.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%285

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

How far

How far Duluth commutes

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

39%

40%

17%

39%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duluth is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duluth are

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

Jobs based in Duluth

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Duluth residents hold

750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+51%

Jobs based in Duluth, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 276. 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.