Work & commute · Colville

Work & commute in Colville, WA

42% of Colville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Spokane (12%), Spokane Valley (5%) and Kettle Falls (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

921 of 2,218 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,297 Colville residents head out of town to work, 921 work right here, and 3,369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colville.

1,297live here, work elsewhere

921live and work here

3,369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colville goes to work

Colville (in town)right here

42%921

Spokane64.4 mi away

12%258

Spokane Valley68.2 mi away

5%101

Kettle Falls8.6 mi away

3%62

Chewelah20 mi away

1%27

Seattle215.2 mi away

1%24

Bellevue207.2 mi away

1%21

Omak75.2 mi away

1%20

Moses Lake116.9 mi away

1%17

Yakima183 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%750

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

How far

How far Colville commutes

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

48%

42%

48%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colville is a job hub

1.93jobs 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 Colville are

4,290 jobs are based in Colville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colville

4,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Colville residents hold

2,218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+31%

Jobs based in Colville, 2013 → 2023: 3,286 → 4,290. 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.