Work & commute · Chelan

Work & commute in Chelan, WA

About one in 3 of Chelan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wenatchee (7%), Seattle (5%) and Manson (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

637 of 1,814 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,177 Chelan residents head out of town to work, 637 work right here, and 2,889 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chelan.

1,177live here, work elsewhere

637live and work here

2,889work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chelan goes to work

Chelan (in town)right here

35%637

Wenatchee31.8 mi away

7%129

Seattle109.8 mi away

5%94

Manson7.2 mi away

3%55

Bellevue101.1 mi away

2%37

Yakima90.2 mi away

2%29

East Wenatchee32.1 mi away

1%24

Brewster21.4 mi away

1%17

Redmond98.3 mi away

1%17

Spokane120.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%759

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

How far

How far Chelan commutes

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

46%

14%

35%

46%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chelan is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chelan are

3,526 jobs are based in Chelan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chelan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chelan

3,526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Chelan residents hold

1,814 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+70%

Jobs based in Chelan, 2013 → 2023: 2,070 → 3,526. 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.