Work & commute · Ocean Park

Work & commute in Ocean Park, WA

Most working residents leave Ocean Park for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Long Beach (12%), Ilwaco (5%) and Vancouver (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

69 of 673 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 604 Ocean Park residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocean Park.

604live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocean Park goes to work

Long Beach9.3 mi away

12%78

Ocean Park (in town)right here

10%69

Ilwaco13.1 mi away

5%36

Vancouver91.2 mi away

3%20

Seattle111.1 mi away

3%19

Tacoma91.1 mi away

3%19

South Bend16.5 mi away

3%18

Portland, OR94.1 mi away

2%15

Astoria, OR23.9 mi away

2%13

Aberdeen34.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%373

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

How far

How far Ocean Park commutes

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

23%

22%

49%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocean Park is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocean Park are

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

Jobs based in Ocean Park

391 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ocean Park residents hold

673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+18%

Jobs based in Ocean Park, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 391. 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.