Work & commute · Millwood

Work & commute in Millwood, WA

Most working residents leave Millwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (38%), Spokane Valley (30%) and Liberty Lake (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 938 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 918 Millwood residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millwood.

918live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millwood goes to work

Spokane7.4 mi away

38%355

Spokane Valley2.5 mi away

30%279

Liberty Lake8.1 mi away

4%36

Millwood (in town)right here

2%20

Seattle236.2 mi away

2%15

Coeur d'Alene, ID22.4 mi away

1%12

Bellevue227.3 mi away

1%11

Airway Heights14.3 mi away

1%10

Post Falls, ID15.7 mi away

1%9

Tacoma243.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%184

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

How far

How far Millwood commutes

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

77%

10%

13%

77%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Millwood are

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

Jobs based in Millwood

963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Millwood residents hold

938 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+15%

Jobs based in Millwood, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 963. 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.