Work & commute · Grand Coulee

Work & commute in Grand Coulee, WA

About one in 3 of Grand Coulee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Coulee Dam (7%), Elmer City (7%) and Spokane (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

99 of 338 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Grand Coulee residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Coulee.

239live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Coulee goes to work

Grand Coulee (in town)right here

29%99

Coulee Dam2.4 mi away

7%24

Elmer City4.9 mi away

7%23

Spokane75.2 mi away

4%12

Ephrata49.9 mi away

3%10

Electric City2.6 mi away

2%7

Seattle157.1 mi away

2%7

Coulee City26.3 mi away

2%6

Liberty Lake90 mi away

2%6

Wenatchee70.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%138

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

How far

How far Grand Coulee commutes

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

47%

37%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Coulee is a job hub

2.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Coulee are

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

Jobs based in Grand Coulee

967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Grand Coulee residents hold

338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−4%

Jobs based in Grand Coulee, 2013 → 2023: 1,007 → 967. 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.