Work & commute · Deer Park

Work & commute in Deer Park, WA

Most working residents leave Deer Park for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (32%), Spokane Valley (12%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

282 of 1,668 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,386 Deer Park residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 1,526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Park.

1,386live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

1,526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer Park goes to work

Spokane20.5 mi away

32%526

Deer Park (in town)right here

17%282

Spokane Valley22.9 mi away

12%202

Seattle229.2 mi away

3%53

Country Homes15 mi away

2%27

Airway Heights22.9 mi away

1%23

Mead13.4 mi away

1%19

Fairwood13.7 mi away

1%17

Liberty Lake25.7 mi away

1%14

Town and Country16.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%491

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

How far

How far Deer Park commutes

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

20%

58%

16%

20%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Park are

1,808 jobs are based in Deer Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deer Park

1,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Deer Park residents hold

1,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+40%

Jobs based in Deer Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,293 → 1,808. 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.