Work & commute · Westport

Work & commute in Westport, WA

About one in 3 of Westport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (6%), Seattle (6%) and Olympia (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

188 of 574 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 386 Westport residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 796 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westport.

386live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

796work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westport goes to work

Westport (in town)right here

33%188

Aberdeen15.7 mi away

6%33

Seattle97 mi away

6%33

Olympia58.7 mi away

4%23

Cohassett Beach2 mi away

3%19

Kent96 mi away

3%15

Tacoma82 mi away

2%11

Tumwater57.1 mi away

2%9

Hoquiam11.5 mi away

1%7

Vancouver113.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%229

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

How far

How far Westport commutes

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

39%

10%

49%

39%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westport is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westport are

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

Jobs based in Westport

984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Westport residents hold

574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Westport, 2013 → 2023: 950 → 984. 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.