Work & commute · Puget Island

Work & commute in Puget Island, WA

Most working residents leave Puget Island for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cathlamet (20%), Longview (8%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 316 Puget Island residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Puget Island.

316live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Puget Island goes to work

Cathlamet2.1 mi away

20%66

Longview20.1 mi away

8%27

Seattle111 mi away

4%13

Puget Island (in town)right here

4%13

Astoria, OR20.7 mi away

3%11

Portland, OR56.5 mi away

3%11

Naselle23.4 mi away

3%9

Vancouver53 mi away

2%8

East Cathlamet1.9 mi away

2%8

Ilwaco32.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%156

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

How far

How far Puget Island commutes

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

30%

19%

14%

37%

30%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Puget Island is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Puget Island are

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

Jobs based in Puget Island

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Puget Island residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+77%

Jobs based in Puget Island, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 76. 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.