Photo: Mtsmallwood at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Ocean Park trail those of 65% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 94.7 in Seattle. Below the poverty line: 10.2% of residents; Washington has 9.9%. For jobs and income Ocean Park is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ocean Park and work: the main findings
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ocean Park
The poverty rate holds Ocean Park’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Ocean Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ocean Park could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Ocean Park’s commute, mile by mile
About 49% 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.
How many people are in Ocean Park by day
On a workday 604 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Ocean Park on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Long Beach
Where Ocean Park clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 work there is in Ocean Park: 391 jobs
391 jobs are based in Ocean Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Park, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 391. 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 Ocean Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Ocean Park spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Park workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 commuters (the 19% 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.
Ocean Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 0.0% of Ocean Park households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ocean Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ocean Park is 4,031st of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Fall City WA | 1,618 | $177K | 2.2% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,029 | Berlin Township PA | 2,464 | $68K | 12.3% | 6.0% | 7% | C− |
| 4,030 | Hoopers Creek NC | 1,683 | $52K | 18.4% | 6.5% | 0% | C− |
| 4,031 | Ocean Park WA | 2,122 | $66K | 10.2% | 6.6% | 10% | C− |
| 4,032 | Madison MN | 1,504 | $61K | 9.9% | 2.6% | 28% | C− |
| 4,033 | Surgoinsville TN | 1,920 | $54K | 17.0% | 1.5% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Ocean Park, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Ocean Park: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Park?
$65,676 (±$24,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Park?
10.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Park work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Beach (12%, 9 mi), Ilwaco (5%, 13 mi), Vancouver (3%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ocean Park walkable?
Ocean Park is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ocean Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Park
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.