Glenwood School · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Brush Prairie are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 44% of workers, against 20% across Washington. Poverty touches 3.3% of residents, against 9.9% across Washington. The two grades for Brush Prairie are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Brush Prairie apart
A lot of Brush Prairie works from home
44% of Brush Prairie workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Brush Prairie is where the jobs are
Brush Prairie has 2,758 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,900 people are in town, 55% more than the 2,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Brush Prairie are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker, and quicker than any town next door (25 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Brush Prairie’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brush Prairie is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #61 of 285 in Washington. The poverty rate holds Brush Prairie’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brush Prairie could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The trip to work from Brush Prairie: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brush Prairie workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 656 commuters (the 44% 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.
Who works in Brush Prairie, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,308 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 2,709 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Brush Prairie on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Brush Prairie
Where Brush Prairie clocks in
25% 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.
Most jobs in Brush Prairie are in services
2,758 jobs are based in Brush Prairie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brush Prairie, 2014 → 2024: 2,575 → 2,758. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brush Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Brush Prairie
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Brush Prairie gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brush Prairie is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #209 of 285 in Washington. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,172 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Brush Prairie households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brush Prairie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brush Prairie is 602nd of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 600 | Stapleton AL | 3,009 | — | 4.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 601 | Quail Ridge FL | 2,916 | $90K | 5.3% | 1.9% | <1% | A− |
| 602 | Brush Prairie WA | 2,526 | $123K | 3.3% | 4.8% | 4% | A− |
| 603 | Campbell Township MI | 2,440 | $85K | 6.9% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 604 | Norvell Township MI | 2,822 | $99K | 4.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brush Prairie, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Brush Prairie and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Battle Ground (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brush Prairie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Prairie | – | A− | B− | 18 min | $122,827 |
| Meadow Glade | under 2% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $129,427 |
| Battle Ground | 4% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,977 |
| Barberton | under 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $133,990 |
| Hockinson | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $113,295 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brush Prairie’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Brush Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in Brush Prairie?
$122,827 (±$47,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brush Prairie?
3.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brush Prairie?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 44% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brush Prairie work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (25%, 6 mi), Portland (13%, 14 mi), Battle Ground (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Brush Prairie walkable?
Brush Prairie is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brush Prairie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brush Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brush Prairie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.