Work & commute · Stevenson

Work & commute in Stevenson, WA

About one in 5 of Stevenson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (8%), Vancouver (5%) and Hood River (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

148 of 684 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 536 Stevenson residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stevenson.

536live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stevenson goes to work

Stevenson (in town)right here

22%148

Portland, OR38 mi away

8%58

Vancouver34 mi away

5%33

Hood River, OR18.1 mi away

4%26

Carson4.4 mi away

4%25

White Salmon20 mi away

2%16

Seattle134.6 mi away

2%14

Bingen20.6 mi away

2%12

Hillsboro, OR51.4 mi away

2%11

Salem, OR76.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%330

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

How far

How far Stevenson commutes

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

29%

13%

28%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stevenson is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stevenson are

1,050 jobs are based in Stevenson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stevenson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stevenson

1,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Stevenson residents hold

684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Stevenson, 2013 → 2023: 1,007 → 1,050. 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.