Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0Vader has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Vader report 31 jobs, and 260 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Vader itself; outside it, Longview draws the most (7%, 18 miles). Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vader and work: the main findings
Vader is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Vader, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vader has about 500 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% 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 ↓
Vader workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 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 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Vader
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Vader on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
How many miles Vader commutes
About 43% 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.
A commute of about 37 minutes in Vader
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vader workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 197 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where people from Vader work
Where Vader clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
What Vader’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vader, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 31. 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 Vader’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 Vader: questions
What is the median household income in Vader?
$64,688 (±$17,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vader?
18.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vader?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vader work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (7%, 18 mi), Seattle (6%, 89 mi), Chehalis (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vader without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vader, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vader
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.