Work & commute · Cashmere

Work & commute in Cashmere, WA

Most working residents leave Cashmere for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Wenatchee (26%), Leavenworth (8%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

278 of 1,620 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 1,342 Cashmere residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 1,526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cashmere.

1,342live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

1,526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cashmere goes to work

Wenatchee8.3 mi away

26%425

Cashmere (in town)right here

17%278

Leavenworth10.8 mi away

8%124

Seattle88.3 mi away

4%60

East Wenatchee10.8 mi away

3%47

Chelan31 mi away

2%25

Bellevue79.1 mi away

1%22

Spokane141.6 mi away

1%15

Redmond77.7 mi away

1%13

Tacoma95.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%598

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

How far

How far Cashmere commutes

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

49%

19%

29%

49%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cashmere is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cashmere are

1,804 jobs are based in Cashmere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cashmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cashmere

1,804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Cashmere residents hold

1,620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Cashmere, 2013 → 2023: 1,858 → 1,804. 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.