Work & commute · Garfield

Work & commute in Garfield, WA

Most working residents leave Garfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pullman (30%), Colfax (9%) and Palouse (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 215 Garfield residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garfield.

215live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garfield goes to work

Pullman19.2 mi away

30%66

Colfax11.3 mi away

9%20

Palouse7.5 mi away

5%12

Moscow, ID20.4 mi away

5%11

Spokane47.4 mi away

4%9

Garfield (in town)right here

4%8

Oakesdale9.7 mi away

4%8

Spokane Valley45.3 mi away

3%6

Seattle247.7 mi away

3%6

Pasco107.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%72

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

How far

How far Garfield commutes

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

18%

48%

14%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garfield is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garfield are

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

Jobs based in Garfield

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Garfield residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+22%

Jobs based in Garfield, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 106. 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.