Work & commute · Grayland

Work & commute in Grayland, WA

Most working residents leave Grayland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Westport (12%), Aberdeen (11%) and Seattle (7%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Grayland residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grayland.

177live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grayland goes to work

Westport3.7 mi away

12%23

Aberdeen16.1 mi away

11%21

Seattle97.7 mi away

7%13

Cohassett Beach1.8 mi away

5%9

Grayland (in town)right here

4%8

Olympia58.1 mi away

3%6

Ocosta4.1 mi away

3%6

Markham7 mi away

2%4

South Bend18.1 mi away

2%3

Ocean Shores9.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%89

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

How far

How far Grayland commutes

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

28%

19%

48%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grayland is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grayland are

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

Jobs based in Grayland

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Grayland residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Grayland, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 77. 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.