Work & commute · Winlock

Work & commute in Winlock, WA

Most working residents leave Winlock for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chehalis (9%), Centralia (6%) and Olympia (6%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,025 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 957 Winlock residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winlock.

957live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

441work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winlock goes to work

Chehalis12.2 mi away

9%88

Winlock (in town)right here

7%68

Centralia16.4 mi away

6%61

Olympia38 mi away

6%61

Seattle82.4 mi away

5%53

Longview23.9 mi away

5%48

Tumwater34.5 mi away

3%30

Tacoma56.9 mi away

3%30

Vancouver61 mi away

3%27

Napavine6.7 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%536

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

How far

How far Winlock commutes

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

17%

25%

21%

37%

17%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winlock is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winlock are

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

Jobs based in Winlock

509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Winlock residents hold

1,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+49%

Jobs based in Winlock, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 509. 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.