Work & commute · Chelan Falls

Work & commute in Chelan Falls, WA

Most working residents leave Chelan Falls for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chelan (36%), Wenatchee (5%) and Kent (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 161 Chelan Falls residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chelan Falls.

161live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chelan Falls goes to work

Chelan3.3 mi away

36%59

Wenatchee29.7 mi away

5%8

Kent107.5 mi away

4%6

Bellevue101.8 mi away

2%4

Yakima87.6 mi away

2%4

Omak47.9 mi away

2%3

Everett102.6 mi away

2%3

Seattle110.6 mi away

2%3

Chelan Falls (in town)right here

2%3

Pateros18 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%69

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

How far

How far Chelan Falls commutes

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

48%

11%

10%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chelan Falls is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chelan Falls are

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

Jobs based in Chelan Falls

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month79%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Chelan Falls residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−3%

Jobs based in Chelan Falls, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 33. 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.