Work & commute · Longview

Work & commute in Longview, WA

About one in 4 of Longview’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kelso (7%), Vancouver (7%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

4,939 of 18,279 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 13,340 Longview residents head out of town to work, 4,939 work right here, and 14,346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longview.

13,340live here, work elsewhere

4,939live and work here

14,346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longview goes to work

Longview (in town)right here

27%4,939

Kelso4.2 mi away

7%1,337

Vancouver39.3 mi away

7%1,276

Portland, OR44.7 mi away

5%844

Woodland18.7 mi away

3%527

Seattle105.8 mi away

3%477

Tacoma80.1 mi away

2%323

Kalama10.6 mi away

1%233

Olympia61.9 mi away

1%227

Lacey62.5 mi away

1%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%7,882

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

How far

How far Longview commutes

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

42%

22%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longview is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Longview are

19,285 jobs are based in Longview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longview

19,285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Longview residents hold

18,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+18%

Jobs based in Longview, 2013 → 2023: 16,368 → 19,285. 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.