Work & commute · Fern Prairie

Work & commute in Fern Prairie, WA

Most working residents leave Fern Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (26%), Portland (15%) and Camas (12%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 895 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 892 Fern Prairie residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fern Prairie.

892live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fern Prairie goes to work

Vancouver9.7 mi away

26%235

Portland, OR14.1 mi away

15%135

Camas2.9 mi away

12%111

Washougal4.5 mi away

3%29

Seattle137 mi away

3%25

Gresham, OR9.6 mi away

2%17

Mount Vista13.3 mi away

2%16

Longview44.5 mi away

2%15

Hillsboro, OR27 mi away

2%14

Hazel Dell12.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%284

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

How far

How far Fern Prairie commutes

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

41%

36%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fern Prairie is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fern Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Fern Prairie

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Fern Prairie residents hold

895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+16%

Jobs based in Fern Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 157. 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.