Work & commute · East Cathlamet

Work & commute in East Cathlamet, WA

Most working residents leave East Cathlamet for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cathlamet (14%), Longview (8%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 East Cathlamet residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Cathlamet.

239live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Cathlamet goes to work

Cathlamet1.3 mi away

14%34

Longview19.3 mi away

8%19

Portland, OR57.1 mi away

7%16

Vancouver53.4 mi away

6%15

Seattle109.1 mi away

3%8

Olympia62.2 mi away

3%7

Salem, OR89.5 mi away

2%5

Puget Island1.9 mi away

2%5

Hillsboro, OR50.9 mi away

2%4

Elma55.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%124

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

How far

How far East Cathlamet commutes

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

20%

18%

10%

52%

20%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Cathlamet is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Cathlamet are

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

Jobs based in East Cathlamet

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs East Cathlamet residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+65%

Jobs based in East Cathlamet, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 76. 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.