Work & commute · Ronald

Work & commute in Ronald, WA

Most working residents leave Ronald for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cle Elum (13%), Seattle (11%) and Redmond (8%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

100%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Ronald residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ronald.

190live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ronald goes to work

Cle Elum4.7 mi away

13%26

Seattle67.1 mi away

11%21

Redmond59.1 mi away

8%16

Snoqualmie Pass21.1 mi away

5%10

Ellensburg27.9 mi away

3%6

Bellevue58.2 mi away

3%6

Yakima49.9 mi away

3%6

Tukwila60.5 mi away

3%5

Kirkland63.3 mi away

3%5

Roslyn5.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%88

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

How far

How far Ronald commutes

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

19%

11%

64%

19%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ronald is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ronald are

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

Jobs based in Ronald

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ronald residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

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.