Work & commute · Elbe

Work & commute in Elbe, WA

Most working residents leave Elbe for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Creston (8%), Lakewood (8%) and Tumwater (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 12 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 12 Elbe residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elbe.

12live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elbe goes to work

Creston185.5 mi away

8%1

Lakewood31.7 mi away

8%1

Tumwater37.4 mi away

8%1

Olympia38.1 mi away

8%1

Auburn37.2 mi away

8%1

Seattle59.4 mi away

8%1

Tacoma35.8 mi away

8%1

Ashford8.6 mi away

8%1

Spanaway25.3 mi away

8%1

Elk Plain20.7 mi away

8%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%2

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

How far

How far Elbe commutes

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

25%

50%

17%

8%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elbe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elbe are

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

Jobs based in Elbe

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Elbe residents hold

12 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+14%

Jobs based in Elbe, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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.