Work & commute · Keller

Work & commute in Keller, WA

Most working residents leave Keller for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Elmer City (16%), Nespelem Community (9%) and Spokane Valley (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 64 Keller residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keller.

64live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keller goes to work

Elmer City12.4 mi away

16%11

Nespelem Community16.2 mi away

9%6

Spokane Valley74.7 mi away

6%4

Coulee Dam14.5 mi away

4%3

Keller (in town)right here

4%3

Winthrop72.4 mi away

3%2

Omak44.1 mi away

3%2

Inchelium29 mi away

3%2

Spirit Lake, ID85.7 mi away

1%1

Chubbuck, ID467.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%32

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

How far

How far Keller commutes

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

42%

21%

30%

7%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keller is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keller are

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

Jobs based in Keller

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Keller residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+400%

Jobs based in Keller, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 25. 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.