How Dollars Corner works: jobs, income and commuting
Dollars Corner has 344 jobs, and 573 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Dollars Corner itself; outside it, Vancouver draws the most (26%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, where Washington has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Dollars Corner, in brief
Dollars Corner and Vancouver trade workers both ways
Vancouver is the top workplace for Dollars Corner residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Dollars Corner come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dollars Corner makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Dollars Corner are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dollars Corner residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Dollars Corner pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Dollars Corner pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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 573 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Dollars Corner: the destinations
Where Dollars Corner clocks in
26% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 47% of work in Dollars Corner
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dollars Corner, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 344. 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 Dollars Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Dollars Corner on a workday
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Dollars Corner on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Dollars Corner
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dollars Corner workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 23% 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 in the region Dollars Corner works
About 20% 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.
The towns around Dollars Corner
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dollars Corner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollars Corner | – | — | — | 29 min | $90,655 |
| Meadow Glade | under 2% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $129,427 |
| Cherry Grove | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Duluth | under 2% | B | C+ | 21 min | $92,034 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cherry Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dollars Corner’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 Dollars Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Dollars Corner?
$90,655 (±$33,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dollars Corner?
20.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dollars Corner?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dollars Corner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (26%, 10 mi), Portland (11%, 17 mi), Battle Ground (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dollars Corner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dollars Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dollars Corner
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.