Work & commute · Ocosta

Work & commute in Ocosta, WA

Most working residents leave Ocosta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Westport (14%), Aberdeen (11%) and Cohassett Beach (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 143 Ocosta residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocosta.

143live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocosta goes to work

Westport4.1 mi away

14%21

Aberdeen12.1 mi away

11%16

Cohassett Beach3.8 mi away

6%8

Seattle93.7 mi away

5%7

Grayland4.1 mi away

4%6

Everett113.8 mi away

3%4

Centralia51.2 mi away

2%3

Olympia54.7 mi away

2%3

Lacey59.2 mi away

2%3

Tacoma78.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%71

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

How far

How far Ocosta commutes

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

33%

16%

49%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocosta is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocosta are

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

Jobs based in Ocosta

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ocosta residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+93%

Jobs based in Ocosta, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 29. 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.