Work & commute · Electric

Work & commute in Electric, WA

Most working residents leave Electric for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Coulee (27%), Elmer City (6%) and Coulee Dam (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 317 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 311 Electric residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Electric.

311live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Electric goes to work

Grand Coulee2.6 mi away

27%86

Elmer City7.4 mi away

6%20

Coulee Dam5 mi away

4%14

Ephrata47.4 mi away

3%10

Spokane76.7 mi away

3%10

Coulee City23.7 mi away

2%7

Electric City (in town)right here

2%6

Kennewick118.7 mi away

2%6

Liberty Lake91.6 mi away

2%5

Seattle154.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%148

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

How far

How far Electric commutes

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

42%

10%

12%

37%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Electric is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Electric are

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

Jobs based in Electric

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Electric residents hold

317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−11%

Jobs based in Electric, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 74. 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.