Work & commute · Ilwaco

Work & commute in Ilwaco, WA

Most working residents leave Ilwaco for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Long Beach (12%), Astoria (5%) and Seattle (5%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 405 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 378 Ilwaco residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 479 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ilwaco.

378live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

479work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ilwaco goes to work

Long Beach3.9 mi away

12%50

Ilwaco (in town)right here

7%27

Astoria, OR13.4 mi away

5%19

Seattle120.5 mi away

5%19

South Bend27.4 mi away

4%18

Ocean Park13.1 mi away

3%14

Olympia74.1 mi away

3%13

Vancouver83.1 mi away

3%11

Warrenton, OR10.5 mi away

2%10

Aberdeen47.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%214

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

How far

How far Ilwaco commutes

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

25%

14%

12%

49%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ilwaco is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ilwaco are

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

Jobs based in Ilwaco

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ilwaco residents hold

405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Ilwaco, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 506. 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.