Work & commute · Nespelem Community

Work & commute in Nespelem Community, WA

Most working residents leave Nespelem Community for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Elmer City (41%), Grand Coulee (11%) and Coulee Dam (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 60 Nespelem Community residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nespelem Community.

60live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nespelem Community goes to work

Elmer City11.9 mi away

41%26

Grand Coulee15.6 mi away

11%7

Coulee Dam13.8 mi away

5%3

Nespelem Community (in town)right here

5%3

Omak28.5 mi away

3%2

Seattle157.5 mi away

3%2

Meridian, ID339.2 mi away

2%1

Williston, ND708.3 mi away

2%1

Kalama231.9 mi away

2%1

Liberty Lake96.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%16

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

How far

How far Nespelem Community commutes

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

27%

52%

16%

27%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nespelem Community is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nespelem Community are

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

Jobs based in Nespelem Community

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Nespelem Community residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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.