Work & commute · Ridgefield

Work & commute in Ridgefield, WA

Most working residents leave Ridgefield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Vancouver (27%), Portland (14%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

402 of 5,304 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,902 Ridgefield residents head out of town to work, 402 work right here, and 3,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgefield.

4,902live here, work elsewhere

402live and work here

3,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgefield goes to work

Vancouver13 mi away

27%1,409

Portland, OR19.4 mi away

14%742

Ridgefield (in town)right here

8%402

Seattle125.4 mi away

3%184

Mount Vista5.9 mi away

3%178

Salmon Creek7.5 mi away

2%116

Hazel Dell9.4 mi away

2%110

Woodland8 mi away

2%107

Battle Ground6.9 mi away

2%88

Hillsboro, OR23.8 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,881

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

How far

How far Ridgefield commutes

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

24%

54%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgefield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgefield are

4,159 jobs are based in Ridgefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgefield

4,159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Ridgefield residents hold

5,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+132%

Jobs based in Ridgefield, 2013 → 2023: 1,794 → 4,159. 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.