Work & commute · Pasco

Work & commute in Pasco, WA

About one in 4 of Pasco’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richland (20%), Kennewick (17%) and Seattle (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

7,965 of 32,862 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 24,897 Pasco residents head out of town to work, 7,965 work right here, and 16,605 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pasco.

24,897live here, work elsewhere

7,965live and work here

16,605work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pasco goes to work

Pasco (in town)right here

24%7,965

Richland8.4 mi away

20%6,646

Kennewick5.4 mi away

17%5,562

Seattle178.7 mi away

2%556

Yakima71.6 mi away

2%542

Walla Walla40 mi away

1%380

Burbank8.1 mi away

1%367

West Richland13.1 mi away

1%365

Spokane125.3 mi away

1%305

Othello38.6 mi away

1%261

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%9,913

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

How far

How far Pasco commutes

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

67%

18%

67%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pasco is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pasco are

24,570 jobs are based in Pasco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pasco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pasco

24,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pasco residents hold

32,862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Pasco, 2013 → 2023: 18,425 → 24,570. 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.