Work & commute · McCleary

Work & commute in McCleary, WA

Most working residents leave McCleary for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Olympia (13%), Tumwater (7%) and Seattle (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 945 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 903 McCleary residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCleary.

903live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

483work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCleary goes to work

Olympia17.7 mi away

13%123

Tumwater17.3 mi away

7%65

Seattle57.9 mi away

6%60

Elma7.6 mi away

5%48

McCleary (in town)right here

4%42

Lacey22.3 mi away

4%41

Tacoma40.4 mi away

4%34

Aberdeen26.1 mi away

3%28

Montesano15.1 mi away

2%22

Shelton13.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%463

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

How far

How far McCleary commutes

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

16%

36%

19%

29%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCleary is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McCleary are

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

Jobs based in McCleary

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs McCleary residents hold

945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+25%

Jobs based in McCleary, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 525. 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.