Work & commute · Ahtanum

Work & commute in Ahtanum, WA

Most working residents leave Ahtanum for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (51%), Union Gap (4%) and Selah (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,503 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,436 Ahtanum residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ahtanum.

1,436live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ahtanum goes to work

Yakima3.9 mi away

51%764

Ahtanum (in town)right here

4%67

Union Gap5.9 mi away

4%57

Selah7 mi away

2%24

Seattle109.8 mi away

2%23

Moxee10.4 mi away

1%22

Richland65.6 mi away

1%22

Terrace Heights9 mi away

1%20

Kennewick72.9 mi away

1%17

Wapato12.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%471

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

How far

How far Ahtanum commutes

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

68%

10%

19%

68%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ahtanum is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ahtanum are

1,595 jobs are based in Ahtanum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ahtanum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ahtanum

1,595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ahtanum residents hold

1,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+38%

Jobs based in Ahtanum, 2013 → 2023: 1,158 → 1,595. 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.