Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Pe Ell commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 130 jobs in Pe Ell; 267 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Pe Ell; the top destination outside it is Chehalis (14%, 17 miles). 3% of workers work from home, next to 20% for Washington as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pe Ell
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
Few Pe Ell workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Pe Ell workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Pe Ell works
About 33% 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.
The trip to work from Pe Ell: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pe Ell workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 3% 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 daily commute in and out of Pe Ell
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Pe Ell 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pe Ell’s working residents head each day
Where Pe Ell clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Pe Ell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pe Ell, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 130. 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 Pe Ell’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 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 Pe Ell: questions
What is the median household income in Pe Ell?
$62,679 (±$17,613) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pe Ell?
11.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pe Ell?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pe Ell work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chehalis (14%, 17 mi), Centralia (11%, 19 mi), Tumwater (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pe Ell 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 Pe Ell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pe Ell
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.