Work & commute · Royal

Work & commute in Royal, WA

Most working residents leave Royal for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Othello (5%), Moses Lake (4%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

65 of 416 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 351 Royal residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royal.

351live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royal goes to work

Royal City (in town)right here

16%65

Othello22.3 mi away

5%19

Moses Lake22.5 mi away

4%18

Seattle137.3 mi away

4%16

Wenatchee49.7 mi away

3%12

Yakima48.9 mi away

2%9

Richland45.2 mi away

2%8

Ephrata28.6 mi away

2%7

Mattawa17.6 mi away

1%6

Quincy25.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%250

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

How far

How far Royal commutes

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

36%

15%

17%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royal is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Royal are

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

Jobs based in Royal

737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Royal residents hold

416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+19%

Jobs based in Royal, 2013 → 2023: 618 → 737. 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.