Photo: Photo taken by Price around the turn of the 20th century. · Public domainWith 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Porter works elsewhere
There are 4 jobs in Porter, and 90 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Porter itself; outside it, Aberdeen draws the most (8%, 25 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, 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
Porter by day and by night
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Porter on a workday afternoon, 55% 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.
The places Porter commutes to
Where Porter clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
In Porter, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Porter, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 4. 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 Porter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Porter: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Porter workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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 Porter’s workers travel
About 38% 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.
Porter and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Porter workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | – | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Malone | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Malone: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Porter’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Porter: questions
What is the poverty rate in Porter?
13.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Porter?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Porter work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (8%, 25 mi), Olympia (7%, 19 mi), Seattle (7%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Porter 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 Porter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Porter
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.