Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0Bucoda has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 13% of workers, against 20% across Washington. There are 10 jobs in Bucoda; 253 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Bucoda for work; outside it, Olympia is the main destination (20%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bucoda: the figures worth knowing
Bucoda is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Bucoda, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bucoda has about 390 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bucoda workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 253 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Bucoda
On a workday 251 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Bucoda on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Bucoda
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bucoda workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where the trip to work from Bucoda ends
Where Bucoda clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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 Bucoda, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 10. 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 Bucoda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bucoda to work
About 23% 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 Bucoda: questions
What is the median household income in Bucoda?
$73,250 (±$21,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bucoda?
32.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bucoda?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bucoda work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olympia (20%, 17 mi), Seattle (9%, 62 mi), Lacey (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bucoda without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bucoda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bucoda
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.