Work & commute · Spokane

Work & commute in Spokane, LA

Most working residents leave Spokane for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (12%), Natchez (8%) and Jonesville (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 146 Spokane residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spokane.

146live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spokane goes to work

Vidalia9.6 mi away

12%18

Natchez, MS12 mi away

8%12

Jonesville22.7 mi away

5%8

Ferriday7.4 mi away

5%7

Alexandria65.9 mi away

5%7

Minorca9.2 mi away

5%7

Harrisonburg21.8 mi away

3%5

Jena39.3 mi away

2%3

Monroe66.9 mi away

2%3

West Monroe68.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%75

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Spokane commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

29%

35%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spokane is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spokane are

36 jobs are based in Spokane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spokane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spokane

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Spokane residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+3%

Jobs based in Spokane, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 36. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.