Work & commute · Metaline

Work & commute in Metaline, WA

Most working residents leave Metaline for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane Valley (12%), Spokane (10%) and Metaline Falls (5%). Half commute less than 81 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

81 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 41 Metaline residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Metaline.

41live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Metaline goes to work

Spokane Valley82.5 mi away

12%5

Spokane81.9 mi away

10%4

Metaline Falls0.9 mi away

5%2

Ione7.9 mi away

5%2

Newport49 mi away

5%2

Colville31.5 mi away

5%2

Seattle243.8 mi away

5%2

Priest River, ID51.1 mi away

2%1

Metaline (in town)right here

2%1

Chewelah42.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%20

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

How far

How far Metaline commutes

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

21%

16%

63%

21%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

63%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Metaline is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Metaline are

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

Jobs based in Metaline

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Metaline residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−5%

Jobs based in Metaline, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 18. 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.