Work & commute · Nespelem

Work & commute in Nespelem, WA

Most working residents leave Nespelem for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Elmer City (22%), Grand Coulee (16%) and Coulee Dam (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 50 Nespelem residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nespelem.

50live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nespelem goes to work

Elmer City11.4 mi away

22%12

Grand Coulee15.8 mi away

16%9

Nespelem (in town)right here

9%5

Coulee Dam13.7 mi away

4%2

Nespelem Community3.5 mi away

4%2

Electric City17.9 mi away

2%1

Omak31.2 mi away

2%1

Woodinville149.6 mi away

2%1

Liberty Lake93.1 mi away

2%1

Arlington146.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%20

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

How far

How far Nespelem commutes

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

27%

47%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nespelem is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nespelem are

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

Jobs based in Nespelem

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Nespelem residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1933%

Jobs based in Nespelem, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 61. 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.