Longbranch School Gymnasium · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Longbranch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Longbranch report 130 jobs, against 1,417 working residents. Jobs and income earn Longbranch C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 2% work in Longbranch; the top destination outside it is Tacoma (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Longbranch in brief
Longbranch workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Longbranch is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Longbranch, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Longbranch has about 3,400 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Longbranch
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Longbranch is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #231 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Longbranch’s grade up ($95,768, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Longbranch could be anywhere from D to B.
Time on the road from Longbranch: about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longbranch workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,382 commuters (the 24% 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.
How a workday changes Longbranch
On a workday 1,395 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Longbranch on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where people from Longbranch work
Where Longbranch clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Longbranch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Longbranch, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 130. 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 Longbranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Longbranch commutes
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.
In Longbranch, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,817 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.6% of Longbranch households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Longbranch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Longbranch places 2,727th of 4,009 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Lake Holm WA | 3,555 | $177K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,725 | Volney NY | 5,660 | $75K | 14.6% | 5.1% | 6% | C |
| 2,726 | Clayton NY | 4,539 | $90K | 12.8% | 4.8% | 24% | C |
| 2,727 | Longbranch WA | 4,638 | $96K | 18.4% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,728 | Algood TN | 4,165 | $42K | 32.9% | 0.7% | 3% | C |
| 2,729 | Livingston TN | 4,147 | $40K | 16.2% | 0.2% | 25% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,009 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Longbranch, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door to Longbranch
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Longbranch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbranch | – | C | D− | 46 min | $95,768 |
| Home | under 3% | C | D | 50 min | $64,884 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Longbranch’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 Longbranch: questions
What is the median household income in Longbranch?
$95,768 (±$32,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longbranch?
18.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longbranch?
46 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longbranch work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tacoma (12%, 14 mi), Seattle (9%, 34 mi), Gig Harbor (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Longbranch walkable?
Longbranch is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Longbranch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Longbranch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longbranch
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.