Work & commute · Mabton

Work & commute in Mabton, WA

Most working residents leave Mabton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sunnyside (13%), Grandview (9%) and Yakima (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 446 Mabton residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mabton.

446live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mabton goes to work

Sunnyside7.2 mi away

13%60

Grandview4.6 mi away

9%43

Yakima37.3 mi away

8%38

Prosser10.8 mi away

5%25

Richland33.8 mi away

4%17

Mabton (in town)right here

3%14

Seattle147.8 mi away

3%13

Union Gap33.5 mi away

2%10

Kennewick39.1 mi away

2%9

Toppenish19.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%224

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

How far

How far Mabton commutes

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

36%

16%

26%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mabton is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mabton are

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

Jobs based in Mabton

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mabton residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−39%

Jobs based in Mabton, 2013 → 2023: 453 → 277. 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.