Work & commute · Lower Elochoman

Work & commute in Lower Elochoman, WA

Most working residents leave Lower Elochoman for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cathlamet (15%), Vancouver (10%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 86 Lower Elochoman residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Elochoman.

86live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Elochoman goes to work

Cathlamet1.1 mi away

15%13

Vancouver54.7 mi away

10%9

Portland, OR58.5 mi away

6%5

Kelso24.2 mi away

5%4

Longview20 mi away

5%4

Skamokawa Valley6.8 mi away

3%3

Astoria, OR21.4 mi away

2%2

Salem, OR91 mi away

2%2

Mount Vista48.6 mi away

2%2

Puget Island3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%41

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

How far

How far Lower Elochoman commutes

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

27%

15%

12%

45%

27%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Elochoman is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Elochoman are

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

Jobs based in Lower Elochoman

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Lower Elochoman residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−10%

Jobs based in Lower Elochoman, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 19. 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.