North Fork Quinault Ranger Station · Photo: ECTran71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Amanda Park has 4.4 jobs for every working resident: 521 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 38% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%. There are 536 jobs in Amanda Park, and 122 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Amanda Park itself; outside it, Seattle draws the most (9%, 74 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Amanda Park
On a workday 107 residents head out to work and 15 work right here.
About 500 people are in Amanda Park on a workday afternoon, 481% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Amanda Park
Where Amanda Park clocks in
9% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amanda Park, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 536. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amanda Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Amanda Park
of Amanda Park workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 38% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Amanda Park
About 74% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Amanda Park: questions
What is the median household income in Amanda Park?
$45,417 (±$22,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amanda Park?
2.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Amanda Park work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (9%, 74 mi), Vancouver (4%, 140 mi), Portland (3%, 146 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amanda Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amanda Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amanda Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.