Work & commute · Pomeroy

Work & commute in Pomeroy, WA

About one in 3 of Pomeroy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (11%), Clarkston (6%) and Spokane (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

141 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 346 Pomeroy residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pomeroy.

346live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pomeroy goes to work

Pomeroy (in town)right here

29%141

Lewiston, ID29.3 mi away

11%53

Clarkston26.3 mi away

6%27

Spokane82.8 mi away

4%19

Walla Walla45.2 mi away

2%11

Dayton21.1 mi away

2%10

Pullman27.1 mi away

2%10

Pasco74.1 mi away

2%9

Moscow, ID33.4 mi away

2%8

Colfax32.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%191

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

How far

How far Pomeroy commutes

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

36%

29%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pomeroy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pomeroy are

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

Jobs based in Pomeroy

406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Pomeroy residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1%

Jobs based in Pomeroy, 2013 → 2023: 402 → 406. 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.