Work & commute · Montesano

Work & commute in Montesano, WA

Most working residents leave Montesano for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (13%), Olympia (8%) and Seattle (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

294 of 1,974 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,680 Montesano residents head out of town to work, 294 work right here, and 1,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montesano.

1,680live here, work elsewhere

294live and work here

1,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montesano goes to work

Montesano (in town)right here

15%294

Aberdeen11 mi away

13%261

Olympia32.6 mi away

8%153

Seattle71.3 mi away

6%117

Elma8.3 mi away

4%75

Hoquiam15.5 mi away

3%56

Tumwater31.5 mi away

3%56

Lacey37.1 mi away

3%53

Tacoma55.4 mi away

3%52

Kent69.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%834

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

How far

How far Montesano commutes

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

27%

18%

23%

33%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montesano is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montesano are

1,801 jobs are based in Montesano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montesano’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montesano

1,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Montesano residents hold

1,974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−3%

Jobs based in Montesano, 2013 → 2023: 1,854 → 1,801. 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.