Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenwater at work: jobs, income and the commute
35 jobs are based in Greenwater, against 33 working residents. 67% of workers have no commute at all, next to 20% for Washington as a whole. Hardly any work in Greenwater itself; outside it, Seattle draws the most (18%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Greenwater
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Greenwater to work: where people go
Where Greenwater clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in Greenwater
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenwater, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 35. 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 Greenwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Greenwater
of Greenwater workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 67% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Greenwater
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.
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 Greenwater: questions
What is the poverty rate in Greenwater?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Greenwater work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (18%, 47 mi), Orting (12%, 28 mi), Auburn (9%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Greenwater 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 Greenwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenwater
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.