Work & commute · River Road

Work & commute in River Road, WA

Most working residents leave River Road for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sequim (20%), Seattle (11%) and Port Angeles (9%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 159 River Road residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Road.

159live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Road goes to work

Sequim2 mi away

20%32

Seattle47.5 mi away

11%18

Port Angeles15.2 mi away

9%15

Renton59.4 mi away

4%6

Issaquah61.3 mi away

3%5

Blyn7.9 mi away

3%5

Port Townsend16.1 mi away

3%4

Carlsborg2.3 mi away

3%4

Port Angeles East11.6 mi away

3%4

Tukwila56.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%63

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

How far

How far River Road commutes

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

31%

18%

33%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Road is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Road are

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

Jobs based in River Road

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs River Road residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+225%

Jobs based in River Road, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 13. 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.