Work & commute · Oakesdale

Work & commute in Oakesdale, WA

Most working residents leave Oakesdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pullman (30%), Palouse (8%) and Colfax (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 132 Oakesdale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakesdale.

132live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakesdale goes to work

Pullman27.7 mi away

30%40

Palouse17.2 mi away

8%11

Colfax15.7 mi away

7%10

Moscow, ID30 mi away

5%7

Garfield9.7 mi away

5%7

Spokane38.1 mi away

5%7

Kennewick111.9 mi away

4%5

Lewiston, ID52.3 mi away

1%2

Oakesdale (in town)right here

1%2

Clarkston50.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%41

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

How far

How far Oakesdale commutes

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

25%

48%

20%

6%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakesdale is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakesdale are

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

Jobs based in Oakesdale

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Oakesdale residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Oakesdale, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 77. 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.