Work & commute · Mattawa

Work & commute in Mattawa, WA

About one in 5 of Mattawa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Othello (4%), Pasco (3%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

171 of 810 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 639 Mattawa residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mattawa.

639live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mattawa goes to work

Mattawa (in town)right here

21%171

Othello35.6 mi away

4%31

Pasco49.5 mi away

3%21

Seattle130.1 mi away

3%21

Yakima32.2 mi away

2%20

Kennewick50.9 mi away

2%17

Desert Aire3.2 mi away

2%16

Wenatchee52.3 mi away

2%15

Spokane132.6 mi away

1%11

Moses Lake40.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%477

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

How far

How far Mattawa commutes

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

39%

25%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mattawa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mattawa are

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

Jobs based in Mattawa

848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mattawa residents hold

810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+144%

Jobs based in Mattawa, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 848. 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.