Work & commute · Loon Lake

Work & commute in Loon Lake, WA

Most working residents leave Loon Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (19%), Spokane Valley (10%) and Deer Park (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 334 Loon Lake residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loon Lake.

334live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loon Lake goes to work

Spokane29.3 mi away

19%66

Spokane Valley33.5 mi away

10%35

Deer Park11.3 mi away

9%31

Chewelah15.3 mi away

4%12

Seattle221.3 mi away

3%10

Country Homes24.2 mi away

3%10

Valley8.4 mi away

3%9

Colville35.1 mi away

2%8

Airway Heights29.4 mi away

1%5

Loon Lake (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%148

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

How far

How far Loon Lake commutes

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

11%

26%

38%

25%

11%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loon Lake is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loon Lake are

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

Jobs based in Loon Lake

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Loon Lake residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+87%

Jobs based in Loon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 222. 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.