Work & commute · Napavine

Work & commute in Napavine, WA

Most working residents leave Napavine for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chehalis (13%), Centralia (9%) and Olympia (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 828 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 810 Napavine residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Napavine.

810live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Napavine goes to work

Chehalis6.1 mi away

13%107

Centralia10.2 mi away

9%73

Olympia31.4 mi away

5%44

Seattle75.9 mi away

5%42

Tumwater27.8 mi away

3%28

Longview30.6 mi away

3%28

Tacoma50.5 mi away

3%27

Napavine (in town)right here

2%18

Winlock6.7 mi away

2%16

Vancouver67.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%430

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

How far

How far Napavine commutes

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

34%

10%

24%

31%

34%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Napavine is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Napavine are

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

Jobs based in Napavine

560 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Napavine residents hold

828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+91%

Jobs based in Napavine, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 560. 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.