Work & commute · Ione

Work & commute in Ione, WA

Most working residents leave Ione for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Colville (8%), Spokane (7%) and Metaline Falls (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

11 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Ione residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ione.

85live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ione goes to work

Ione (in town)right here

11%11

Colville25.6 mi away

8%8

Spokane74.1 mi away

7%7

Metaline Falls8.7 mi away

6%6

Seattle239.9 mi away

5%5

Newport42.3 mi away

4%4

Cusick29 mi away

2%2

Tacoma254.5 mi away

2%2

Priest River, ID45.1 mi away

1%1

Bonners Ferry, ID50.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%49

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

How far

How far Ione commutes

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

34%

18%

44%

34%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ione is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ione are

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

Jobs based in Ione

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Ione residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+52%

Jobs based in Ione, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 152. 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.