Work & commute · Long Beach

Work & commute in Long Beach, WA

About one in 4 of Long Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ilwaco (8%), Seattle (5%) and Astoria (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

148 of 576 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 428 Long Beach residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 1,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Beach.

428live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

1,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Beach goes to work

Long Beach (in town)right here

26%148

Ilwaco3.9 mi away

8%48

Seattle118.4 mi away

5%30

Astoria, OR16.7 mi away

4%23

Vancouver86.2 mi away

3%15

Aberdeen44 mi away

2%14

Warrenton, OR14.4 mi away

2%13

Tacoma97.4 mi away

2%12

Ocean Park9.3 mi away

2%11

Lacey76 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%253

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

How far

How far Long Beach commutes

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

43%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Beach is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Beach are

1,232 jobs are based in Long Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Beach

1,232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Long Beach residents hold

576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+30%

Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 948 → 1,232. 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.