Work & commute · Four Lakes

Work & commute in Four Lakes, WA

Most working residents leave Four Lakes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (38%), Cheney (12%) and Spokane Valley (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 217 Four Lakes residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Four Lakes.

217live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Four Lakes goes to work

Spokane10 mi away

38%83

Cheney4.7 mi away

12%27

Spokane Valley17.5 mi away

11%25

Airway Heights6 mi away

6%13

Seattle222.5 mi away

4%9

Medical Lake5.4 mi away

3%7

Post Falls, ID31.6 mi away

1%2

Reardan16.1 mi away

1%2

Odessa54.3 mi away

1%2

Davenport27.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%47

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

How far

How far Four Lakes commutes

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

37%

46%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Four Lakes is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Four Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Four Lakes

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Four Lakes residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+333%

Jobs based in Four Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 26. 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.