Work & commute · Colton

Work & commute in Colton, WA

Most working residents leave Colton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pullman (27%), Colfax (6%) and Lewiston (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 145 Colton residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colton.

145live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colton goes to work

Pullman11.6 mi away

27%41

Colfax25.6 mi away

6%9

Lewiston, ID13.7 mi away

5%8

Moscow, ID12.8 mi away

5%7

Colton (in town)right here

5%7

LaCrosse40.6 mi away

5%7

Spokane Valley75.9 mi away

3%4

Uniontown2.8 mi away

2%3

Richland104.9 mi away

2%3

Yakima162.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%60

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

How far

How far Colton commutes

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

11%

49%

10%

29%

11%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colton is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colton are

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

Jobs based in Colton

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Colton residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+7%

Jobs based in Colton, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 78. 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.