Work & commute · Naches

Work & commute in Naches, WA

Most working residents leave Naches for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (36%), Union Gap (5%) and Gleed (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 424 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 401 Naches residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naches.

401live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naches goes to work

Yakima11.5 mi away

36%154

Naches (in town)right here

5%23

Union Gap15.2 mi away

5%21

Gleed6.2 mi away

4%17

Selah8.9 mi away

3%12

Seattle99.5 mi away

2%10

Terrace Heights15.1 mi away

2%8

Richland73 mi away

2%7

Ahtanum12.2 mi away

2%7

Moxee17.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%160

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

How far

How far Naches commutes

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

21%

49%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naches is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Naches are

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

Jobs based in Naches

977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Naches residents hold

424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+20%

Jobs based in Naches, 2013 → 2023: 816 → 977. 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.