Neil Cooney Mansion · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Cosmopolis has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 150 jobs in Cosmopolis, and 640 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Cosmopolis are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 94.7 in Seattle.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cosmopolis, in brief
Cosmopolis and Aberdeen trade workers both ways
Aberdeen is the top workplace for Cosmopolis residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Cosmopolis come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cosmopolis is a place people come home to
There are 150 jobs based in Cosmopolis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cosmopolis has about 1,200 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cosmopolis than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cosmopolis fell from 307 in 2013 to 150 in 2023, −51%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 640 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cosmopolis
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cosmopolis is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Cosmopolis’ grade up ($84,853, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cosmopolis could be anywhere from D to A−.
25% of working residents work in Aberdeen
Where Cosmopolis clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Cosmopolis
On a workday 632 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Cosmopolis on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
What Cosmopolis’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cosmopolis, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 150. 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 Cosmopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the WA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cosmopolis workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 917 commuters (the 1% 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 Cosmopolis
About 33% 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.
Cosmopolis is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cosmopolis is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 927 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, >99% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 5.1% of Cosmopolis households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cosmopolis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Cosmopolis places 2,870th of 5,381 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 33 | Ames Lake WA | 1,245 | $250K | 1.1% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,868 | Charlotte TN | 1,647 | $59K | 11.7% | 7.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,869 | Moody TX | 1,650 | $70K | 17.6% | 4.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,870 | Cosmopolis WA | 1,656 | $85K | 10.3% | 5.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,871 | Galesville WI | 1,704 | $71K | 12.3% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,872 | Macon Township MI | 1,314 | $79K | 17.8% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Cosmopolis, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door is work for 25% of Cosmopolis
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cosmopolis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmopolis | – | C+ | A− | 28 min | $84,853 |
| Aberdeen | 25% | D | A | 21 min | $52,195 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Aberdeen. Darker towns draw more of Cosmopolis’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 Cosmopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Cosmopolis?
$84,853 (±$20,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cosmopolis?
10.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cosmopolis?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cosmopolis work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (25%, 2 mi), Hoquiam (6%, 7 mi), Lacey (4%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cosmopolis walkable?
Cosmopolis is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cosmopolis without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. >99% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cosmopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cosmopolis
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. 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.