Work & commute · Rosburg

Work & commute in Rosburg, WA

Most working residents leave Rosburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cathlamet (19%), Longview (9%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Rosburg residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rosburg.

122live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rosburg goes to work

Cathlamet14.1 mi away

19%24

Longview34.2 mi away

9%11

Portland, OR71.5 mi away

6%7

Vancouver68.3 mi away

4%5

East Cathlamet15.4 mi away

3%4

Astoria, OR11.9 mi away

2%3

Kelso38.4 mi away

2%3

Olympia61.6 mi away

2%3

Rosburg (in town)right here

2%3

Gresham, OR80.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%60

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

How far

How far Rosburg commutes

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

32%

18%

44%

5%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rosburg is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rosburg are

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

Jobs based in Rosburg

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Rosburg residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−30%

Jobs based in Rosburg, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 21. 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.