Work & commute · Green Bluff

Work & commute in Green Bluff, WA

Most working residents leave Green Bluff for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (40%), Spokane Valley (14%) and Mead (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 269 Green Bluff residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Bluff.

269live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Bluff goes to work

Spokane12.8 mi away

40%109

Spokane Valley10.9 mi away

14%39

Mead4.4 mi away

4%11

Seattle236.3 mi away

3%8

Country Homes8.3 mi away

2%6

Town and Country9.3 mi away

2%5

Fairwood7.5 mi away

1%4

Coeur d'Alene, ID23.6 mi away

1%3

Liberty Lake13 mi away

1%3

Olympia268.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%79

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

How far

How far Green Bluff commutes

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

31%

53%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Bluff is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Green Bluff

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Green Bluff residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+200%

Jobs based in Green Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 78. 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.