Work & commute · Goldendale

Work & commute in Goldendale, WA

About one in 3 of Goldendale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are The Dalles (5%), Portland (5%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

378 of 1,215 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 837 Goldendale residents head out of town to work, 378 work right here, and 1,001 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goldendale.

837live here, work elsewhere

378live and work here

1,001work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goldendale goes to work

Goldendale (in town)right here

31%378

The Dalles, OR22 mi away

5%61

Portland, OR90.3 mi away

5%60

Seattle143.9 mi away

3%31

Vancouver86.4 mi away

2%28

Yakima54.9 mi away

2%21

Hood River, OR34.6 mi away

2%20

Salem, OR123.4 mi away

1%13

Biggs Junction, OR10.7 mi away

1%12

Maryhill8.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%579

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

How far

How far Goldendale commutes

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

39%

10%

12%

39%

39%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goldendale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goldendale are

1,379 jobs are based in Goldendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goldendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goldendale

1,379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Goldendale residents hold

1,215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Goldendale, 2013 → 2023: 1,515 → 1,379. 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.