Work & commute · White Salmon

Work & commute in White Salmon, WA

Most working residents leave White Salmon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Hood River (11%), Portland (7%) and Bingen (5%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

109 of 844 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 735 White Salmon residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 1,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Salmon.

735live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

1,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Salmon goes to work

White Salmon (in town)right here

13%109

Hood River, OR2.3 mi away

11%94

Portland, OR57.8 mi away

7%59

Bingen1.3 mi away

5%42

Vancouver54 mi away

3%29

The Dalles, OR18.4 mi away

3%28

Seattle136.9 mi away

2%21

Olympia112.8 mi away

2%15

Salem, OR93.1 mi away

1%11

Stevenson20 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%425

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

How far

How far White Salmon commutes

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

39%

47%

39%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Salmon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in White Salmon are

1,116 jobs are based in White Salmon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Salmon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Salmon

1,116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs White Salmon residents hold

844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in White Salmon, 2013 → 2023: 982 → 1,116. 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.