Moclips has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
17 jobs are based in Moclips for 73 working residents. Hardly any work in Moclips; the top destination outside it is Ocean Shores (14%, 18 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 20% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Moclips
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Moclips on a workday afternoon, 68% 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 Moclips goes to work
Where Moclips clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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 Moclips
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moclips, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 17. 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 Moclips’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Moclips
of Moclips workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Moclips, by distance
About 51% 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.
Moclips and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moclips workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moclips | – | — | — | — | — |
| Pacific Beach | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pacific Beach: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moclips’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 Moclips: questions
What is the poverty rate in Moclips?
32.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Moclips work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ocean Shores (14%, 18 mi), Seattle (10%, 90 mi), Aberdeen (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moclips 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 Moclips, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moclips
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.