Work & commute · Asotin

Work & commute in Asotin, WA

Most working residents leave Asotin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (31%), Clarkston (21%) and Spokane (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 376 Asotin residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Asotin.

376live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Asotin goes to work

Lewiston, ID4.7 mi away

31%124

Clarkston5.7 mi away

21%82

Asotin (in town)right here

6%24

Spokane94 mi away

5%18

West Clarkston-Highland4.9 mi away

3%12

Clarkston Heights-Vineland3.8 mi away

2%9

Pullman28.3 mi away

2%6

Richland107.6 mi away

1%5

Pasco99.5 mi away

1%5

Moscow, ID27.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%111

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

How far

How far Asotin commutes

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

67%

27%

67%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Asotin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Asotin are

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

Jobs based in Asotin

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Asotin residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−22%

Jobs based in Asotin, 2013 → 2023: 499 → 390. 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.