Work & commute · Garrett

Work & commute in Garrett, WA

Most working residents leave Garrett for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Walla Walla (46%), College Place (11%) and Spokane (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 646 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 639 Garrett residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garrett.

639live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garrett goes to work

Walla Walla3.7 mi away

46%298

College Place1.4 mi away

11%73

Spokane120.4 mi away

2%15

Milton-Freewater, OR8.6 mi away

2%13

Pasco36.9 mi away

2%13

Richland45.1 mi away

2%11

Kennewick37.8 mi away

2%11

Spokane Valley124.2 mi away

1%7

Garrett (in town)right here

1%7

Dayton27.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%192

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

How far

How far Garrett commutes

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

69%

20%

69%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garrett is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garrett are

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

Jobs based in Garrett

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Garrett residents hold

646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Garrett, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 168. 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.