Albert and Letha Green House and Barn · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Cherry Grove has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Cherry Grove has 72 jobs, and 262 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cherry Grove itself; outside it, Vancouver draws the most (24%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 35% of workers; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cherry Grove, in brief
Cherry Grove and Vancouver trade workers both ways
Vancouver is the top workplace for Cherry Grove residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Cherry Grove come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cherry Grove is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Cherry Grove, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Cherry Grove
35% of Cherry Grove workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. 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 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Cherry Grove to work: where people go
Where Cherry Grove clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
Cherry Grove quiets down on a workday
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Cherry Grove on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Working from home in Cherry Grove
of Cherry Grove workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 commuters (the 35% 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.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Cherry Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Grove, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 72. 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 Cherry Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Cherry Grove to work
About 15% 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.
How Cherry Grove compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Battle Ground (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Grove | – | — | — | — | — |
| Battle Ground | 6% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $104,977 |
| Lewisville | under 2% | A− | B− | 27 min | $125,647 |
| Dollars Corner | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dollars Corner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry Grove’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 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 Cherry Grove: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Grove?
0.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cherry Grove work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (24%, 11 mi), Portland (16%, 19 mi), Battle Ground (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry Grove without a car?
1% 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 Cherry Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Grove
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.