Work & commute · Okanogan

Work & commute in Okanogan, WA

About one in 5 of Okanogan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omak (25%), Wenatchee (4%) and Seattle (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

182 of 840 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 658 Okanogan residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 903 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Okanogan.

658live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

903work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Okanogan goes to work

Omak4.4 mi away

25%213

Okanogan (in town)right here

22%182

Wenatchee73.1 mi away

4%32

Seattle138.2 mi away

3%25

Brewster20 mi away

2%16

Tonasket24.3 mi away

1%11

Chelan41.3 mi away

1%11

Spokane110.3 mi away

1%10

Yakima130.8 mi away

1%8

Moses Lake86.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%325

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

How far

How far Okanogan commutes

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

54%

32%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Okanogan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Okanogan are

1,085 jobs are based in Okanogan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Okanogan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Okanogan

1,085 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Okanogan residents hold

840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−20%

Jobs based in Okanogan, 2013 → 2023: 1,359 → 1,085. 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.