Work & commute · Pateros

Work & commute in Pateros, WA

Most working residents leave Pateros for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Brewster (14%), Chelan (6%) and Okanogan (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 169 Pateros residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pateros.

169live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pateros goes to work

Brewster7.1 mi away

14%26

Pateros (in town)right here

6%11

Chelan15.3 mi away

6%11

Okanogan26.3 mi away

4%7

Omak30.7 mi away

3%5

Bellevue109.3 mi away

3%5

Seattle117.6 mi away

3%5

Moses Lake70.2 mi away

2%4

Everett106 mi away

2%4

Bridgeport11 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%99

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

How far

How far Pateros commutes

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

38%

16%

12%

34%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pateros is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pateros are

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

Jobs based in Pateros

291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pateros residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−43%

Jobs based in Pateros, 2013 → 2023: 513 → 291. 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.