Work & commute · Clarkston

Work & commute in Clarkston, WA

About one in 5 of Clarkston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (38%), West Clarkston-Highland (4%) and Pullman (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

637 of 2,940 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,303 Clarkston residents head out of town to work, 637 work right here, and 3,556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkston.

2,303live here, work elsewhere

637live and work here

3,556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkston goes to work

Lewiston, ID3.1 mi away

38%1,105

Clarkston (in town)right here

22%637

West Clarkston-Highland1.1 mi away

4%109

Pullman22.7 mi away

3%83

Spokane88.3 mi away

3%83

Clarkston Heights-Vineland3.4 mi away

2%54

Moscow, ID21.9 mi away

1%44

Asotin5.7 mi away

1%41

Kennewick102.6 mi away

1%37

Seattle263.2 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%712

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

How far

How far Clarkston commutes

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

70%

23%

70%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkston are

4,193 jobs are based in Clarkston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarkston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarkston

4,193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Clarkston residents hold

2,940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Clarkston, 2013 → 2023: 3,903 → 4,193. 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.