Work & commute · Basin

Work & commute in Basin, WA

Most working residents leave Basin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pasco (8%), Connell (7%) and Kennewick (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 324 Basin residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Basin.

324live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Basin goes to work

Pasco22.4 mi away

8%28

Connell15.8 mi away

7%24

Kennewick27.1 mi away

6%19

Richland21.9 mi away

5%18

Othello16.2 mi away

5%16

Basin City (in town)right here

4%15

Seattle166.2 mi away

3%10

Yakima66.1 mi away

3%9

Spokane110 mi away

2%7

Walla Walla53.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%189

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

How far

How far Basin commutes

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

22%

38%

13%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Basin is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Basin are

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

Jobs based in Basin

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Basin residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+65%

Jobs based in Basin, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 235. 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.