Work & commute · Naselle

Work & commute in Naselle, WA

Most working residents leave Naselle for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (13%), Raymond (10%) and Long Beach (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 138 Naselle residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naselle.

138live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naselle goes to work

South Bend20.7 mi away

13%19

Raymond22 mi away

10%14

Long Beach13.2 mi away

5%7

Ilwaco12.8 mi away

4%6

Naselle (in town)right here

4%6

Chehalis43.8 mi away

3%4

Seattle109.5 mi away

3%4

Tacoma87.3 mi away

3%4

Astoria, OR12.7 mi away

2%3

Portland, OR79.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%74

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

How far

How far Naselle commutes

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

52%

13%

28%

6%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naselle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Naselle are

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

Jobs based in Naselle

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Naselle residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−5%

Jobs based in Naselle, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 138. 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.