Work & commute · Hazel Dell

Work & commute in Hazel Dell, WA

Most working residents leave Hazel Dell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (31%), Portland (18%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

555 of 10,498 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,943 Hazel Dell residents head out of town to work, 555 work right here, and 7,162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazel Dell.

9,943live here, work elsewhere

555live and work here

7,162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazel Dell goes to work

Vancouver4.1 mi away

31%3,203

Portland, OR10 mi away

18%1,839

Hazel Dell (in town)right here

5%555

Seattle134.6 mi away

4%390

Mount Vista4 mi away

2%228

Salmon Creek2 mi away

2%223

Camas12.1 mi away

2%172

Battle Ground8.5 mi away

1%150

Gresham, OR16.1 mi away

1%144

Orchards5.9 mi away

1%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,464

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

How far

How far Hazel Dell commutes

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

56%

22%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazel Dell is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazel Dell are

7,717 jobs are based in Hazel Dell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazel Dell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazel Dell

7,717 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hazel Dell residents hold

10,498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+35%

Jobs based in Hazel Dell, 2013 → 2023: 5,736 → 7,717. 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.