Work & commute · Mossyrock

Work & commute in Mossyrock, WA

Most working residents leave Mossyrock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (6%), Centralia (6%) and Chehalis (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 294 Mossyrock residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mossyrock.

294live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mossyrock goes to work

Seattle75.5 mi away

6%19

Centralia26.7 mi away

6%18

Chehalis24.4 mi away

5%16

Olympia40.2 mi away

4%13

Longview34.9 mi away

3%10

Tumwater37.7 mi away

3%9

Mossyrock (in town)right here

3%8

Morton10 mi away

3%8

Vancouver61.9 mi away

3%8

Bellevue75.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%187

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

How far

How far Mossyrock commutes

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

12%

21%

31%

37%

12%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mossyrock is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mossyrock are

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

Jobs based in Mossyrock

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Mossyrock residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Mossyrock, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 166. 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.