Work & commute · Cascade Valley

Work & commute in Cascade Valley, WA

Most working residents leave Cascade Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Moses Lake (39%), Ephrata (5%) and Moses Lake North (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 1,674 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 1,656 Cascade Valley residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cascade Valley.

1,656live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cascade Valley goes to work

Moses Lake2.6 mi away

39%651

Ephrata15.3 mi away

5%77

Moses Lake North3.8 mi away

5%77

Spokane95.8 mi away

3%56

Wenatchee51.1 mi away

3%55

Othello23.3 mi away

2%34

Seattle145.2 mi away

2%34

Quincy25.3 mi away

2%30

Pasco61.2 mi away

2%28

Spokane Valley104.4 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%607

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

How far

How far Cascade Valley commutes

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

50%

12%

32%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cascade Valley is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cascade Valley are

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

Jobs based in Cascade Valley

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cascade Valley residents hold

1,674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+161%

Jobs based in Cascade Valley, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 384. 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.