Work & commute · Mount Vista

Work & commute in Mount Vista, WA

Most working residents leave Mount Vista for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (31%), Portland (17%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 4,666 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,400 Mount Vista residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 5,823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Vista.

4,400live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

5,823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Vista goes to work

Vancouver7.1 mi away

31%1,462

Portland, OR13.9 mi away

17%771

Mount Vista (in town)right here

6%266

Seattle130.7 mi away

3%155

Hazel Dell4 mi away

3%152

Camas13.5 mi away

2%105

Salmon Creek2.4 mi away

2%103

Battle Ground5.2 mi away

2%89

Ridgefield5.9 mi away

2%82

Brush Prairie4.1 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,419

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

How far

How far Mount Vista commutes

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

49%

32%

17%

49%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Vista is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Vista are

6,089 jobs are based in Mount Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Vista

6,089 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Mount Vista residents hold

4,666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+62%

Jobs based in Mount Vista, 2013 → 2023: 3,748 → 6,089. 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.