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Jobs & commute in Oyehut

A job hub: Oyehut has 5.2 jobs per working resident, and 96 people come in to work

Home is the office for 0% of workers (Washington 20%). Employers in Oyehut report 98 jobs for 19 working residents. About one in ten work in Oyehut itself; outside it, Bellevue draws the most (11%, 102 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Oyehut

On a workday 17 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.

17live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
96work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday190
110live here− 17head out to work+ 96come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Oyehut on a workday afternoon, 71% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
5.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Who travels to work in Oyehut, and from where

Oakville: 1 workers live here (1%)Cosmopolis: 2 workers live here (2%)WestportChehalisYelmSheltonCentralia: 1 workers live here (1%)Ocean Shores: 38 workers live here (39%)Hoquiam: 15 workers live here (15%)Aberdeen: 8 workers live here (8%)Montesano: 2 workers live here (2%)BothellBellevueOyehutOcean City: 2 workers live here (2%)Copalis Beach: 2 workers live here (2%)Amanda ParkOcean ShoresHoquiamAberdeenCosmopolisMontesanoOcean CityOyehut
1
Ocean Shores3.9 mi away
39%38
2
Hoquiam12.4 mi away
15%15
3
Aberdeen16.9 mi away
8%8
4
Cosmopolis19 mi away
2%2
5
Montesano27.2 mi away
2%2
6
Oyehut (in town)right here
2%2
7
Ocean City4.1 mi away
2%2
8
Copalis Beach7 mi away
2%2
9
Oakville45.7 mi away
1%1
10
Centralia59.8 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%25
The top trips

Where Oyehut clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Oyehut: what the 98 are

Jobs based in OyehutJobs Oyehut residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%21%
Trade, transport & utilities17%11%
Services: health, schools, offices78%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%11%
Over $3,333 a month63%74%

Who does it

29 or younger11%32%
30 to 5452%53%
55 and older37%16%

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 Oyehut’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Oyehut

Working from home
0%

of Oyehut workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Oyehut gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 17 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.

How far

How far Oyehut’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBellevue: 11% · 102 miAmanda Park: 11% · 31.7 miWestport: 5% · 9.3 miChehalis: 5% · 61.8 miYelm: 5% · 71.9 miShelton: 5% · 51.4 miAberdeen: 5% · 16.9 miMontesano: 5% · 27.2 miBothell: 5% · 105.3 miBellevue 11%Amanda Park 11%Westport 5%Yelm 5%Oyehut
OyehutTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi5 residents
16%10–24 mi3 residents
21%25–50 mi4 residents
37%Over 50 mi7 residents

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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Oyehut: questions

What is the median household income in Oyehut?

$37,552 (±$27,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Oyehut?

21.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Oyehut work?

11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bellevue (11%, 102 mi), Amanda Park (11%, 32 mi), Westport (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Oyehut 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 Oyehut, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Oyehut

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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.