Most of Dallesport commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 125 jobs in Dallesport; 480 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Dallesport are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 6% of workers work from home; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Dallesport apart
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Dallesport is a place people come home to
There are 125 jobs based in Dallesport, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Dallesport’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dallesport is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dallesport’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Dallesport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dallesport could be anywhere from D to B.
How far it is to work from Dallesport
About 44% 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.
Dallesport on a workday afternoon
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Dallesport on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in The Dalles
Where Dallesport clocks in
10% 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.
77% of the jobs in Dallesport pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dallesport, 2014 → 2024: 62 → 125. 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 Dallesport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dallesport’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dallesport workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 commuters (the 6% 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.
Most of Dallesport commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dallesport is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 747 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Dallesport households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dallesport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dallesport places 3,139th of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 24 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,137 | John Sevier TN | 1,177 | $47K | 13.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 3,138 | McGaheysville VA | 1,327 | $67K | 10.6% | 2.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,139 | Dallesport WA | 1,603 | $72K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,140 | York Township OH | 1,279 | $73K | 16.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,141 | Cranberry Township OH | 1,422 | $68K | 9.1% | 1.3% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Dallesport, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Dallesport: questions
What is the median household income in Dallesport?
$71,707 (±$7,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dallesport?
7.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dallesport?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dallesport work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are The Dalles (10%, 2 mi), Portland (8%, 72 mi), Goldendale (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Dallesport walkable?
Dallesport is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dallesport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dallesport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dallesport
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.