Photo: Frank Smith · Public domainWhere Naselle earns its living
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average (Washington 27, U.S. 26). Home is the office for 4% of workers; Washington has 20%. Only 4% work in Naselle itself; outside it, South Bend draws the most (13%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 132 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 (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Naselle to work: where people go
Where Naselle clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
What Naselle’s employers do
138 jobs are based in Naselle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Naselle, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 138. 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 Naselle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Naselle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Naselle workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 4% 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 far it is to work from Naselle
About 28% 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.
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 Naselle: questions
What is the median household income in Naselle?
$58,459 (±$5,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Naselle?
3.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Naselle?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Naselle work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (13%, 21 mi), Raymond (10%, 22 mi), Long Beach (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Naselle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Naselle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Naselle
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.