Work & commute · Buena

Work & commute in Buena, WA

Most working residents leave Buena for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (20%), Toppenish (7%) and Union Gap (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 324 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 324 Buena residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buena.

324live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buena goes to work

Yakima15.7 mi away

20%66

Toppenish3.3 mi away

7%22

Union Gap12 mi away

4%13

Sunnyside16.8 mi away

4%13

Wapato5 mi away

4%12

Zillah2.5 mi away

3%11

Pasco58.2 mi away

2%8

Seattle126.3 mi away

2%8

Moxee10.1 mi away

2%7

Richland49.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%159

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

How far

How far Buena commutes

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

28%

44%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buena is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buena are

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

Jobs based in Buena

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Buena residents hold

324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−10%

Jobs based in Buena, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 47. 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.