Work & commute · Desert Aire

Work & commute in Desert Aire, WA

Most working residents leave Desert Aire for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mattawa (18%), Othello (5%) and Wenatchee (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 705 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 679 Desert Aire residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Desert Aire.

679live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Desert Aire goes to work

Mattawa3.2 mi away

18%128

Othello37.3 mi away

5%35

Wenatchee54.6 mi away

5%32

Desert Aire (in town)right here

4%26

Seattle130.5 mi away

3%22

Ephrata46.6 mi away

3%21

Royal City20.5 mi away

3%19

Pasco48.5 mi away

2%11

Yakima30.3 mi away

1%10

Quincy37.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%392

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

How far

How far Desert Aire commutes

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

32%

10%

30%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Desert Aire is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Desert Aire are

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

Jobs based in Desert Aire

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Desert Aire residents hold

705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−5%

Jobs based in Desert Aire, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 138. 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.