Work & commute · Oroville

Work & commute in Oroville, WA

Most working residents leave Oroville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Tonasket (8%), Omak (7%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

104 of 540 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 436 Oroville residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oroville.

436live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oroville goes to work

Oroville (in town)right here

19%104

Tonasket16.5 mi away

8%45

Omak36.5 mi away

7%37

Seattle162.6 mi away

4%21

Okanogan40.6 mi away

4%19

Chelan80.8 mi away

2%11

Wenatchee112.3 mi away

2%11

Yakima170.9 mi away

1%8

Loomis12.8 mi away

1%8

Spokane127.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%269

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

How far

How far Oroville commutes

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

28%

14%

13%

45%

28%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oroville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oroville are

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

Jobs based in Oroville

504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Oroville residents hold

540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−27%

Jobs based in Oroville, 2013 → 2023: 694 → 504. 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.