Work & commute · Grand Mound

Work & commute in Grand Mound, WA

Most working residents leave Grand Mound for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Olympia (15%), Tumwater (8%) and Centralia (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,339 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,256 Grand Mound residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Mound.

1,256live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Mound goes to work

Olympia17.5 mi away

15%196

Tumwater13.8 mi away

8%113

Centralia5.5 mi away

7%96

Grand Mound (in town)right here

6%83

Seattle64.5 mi away

6%78

Lacey19.5 mi away

5%71

Chehalis9.6 mi away

4%55

Tacoma40.6 mi away

4%51

Rochester2.9 mi away

3%39

Bellevue68.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%534

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

How far

How far Grand Mound commutes

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

26%

38%

15%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Mound is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Mound are

1,345 jobs are based in Grand Mound. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Mound

1,345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Grand Mound residents hold

1,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+48%

Jobs based in Grand Mound, 2013 → 2023: 909 → 1,345. 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.