Photo: Richard Bauer · CC BY 2.0Mossyrock has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Mossyrock report 131 jobs, and 292 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Mossyrock for work; outside it, Morton is the main destination (6%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mossyrock, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 ↓
Commutes from Mossyrock are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
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 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Mossyrock commutes
About 37% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Mossyrock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mossyrock workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 10% 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.
Mossyrock on a workday afternoon
On a workday 285 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Mossyrock on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Mossyrock work
Where Mossyrock clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Mossyrock: what the 131 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mossyrock, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 131. 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 Mossyrock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Mossyrock: questions
What is the median household income in Mossyrock?
$53,333 (±$19,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mossyrock?
25.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mossyrock?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mossyrock work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morton (6%, 10 mi), Seattle (6%, 76 mi), Centralia (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mossyrock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mossyrock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mossyrock
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.