Schafer State Park · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Satsop
5% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%). Only 2% stay in Satsop for work; outside it, Elma is the main destination (7%, 4 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 27 for Washington and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Satsop in brief
Near or far: the trip to work from Satsop
About 36% 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 daily flow of workers through Satsop
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 260 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 (0.88 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.
Where people from Satsop work
Where Satsop clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Satsop
265 jobs are based in Satsop.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Satsop, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 265. 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 Satsop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Satsop: 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 Satsop workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 5% 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.
Satsop and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Elma. Darker towns draw more of Satsop’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 Satsop: questions
What is the median household income in Satsop?
$62,241 (±$29,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Satsop?
8.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Satsop?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Satsop work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elma (7%, 4 mi), Olympia (7%, 28 mi), Tumwater (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Satsop without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Satsop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Satsop
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.