Work & commute · Selah

Work & commute in Selah, WA

Most working residents leave Selah for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (42%), Union Gap (4%) and Seattle (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

358 of 3,336 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,978 Selah residents head out of town to work, 358 work right here, and 2,196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selah.

2,978live here, work elsewhere

358live and work here

2,196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selah goes to work

Yakima3.8 mi away

42%1,412

Selah (in town)right here

11%358

Union Gap6.8 mi away

4%138

Seattle108.4 mi away

2%79

Terrace Heights6.2 mi away

2%66

Moxee9 mi away

1%47

Ellensburg24.5 mi away

1%33

Richland64.4 mi away

1%33

Spokane162.3 mi away

1%28

Kennewick72.1 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,116

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

How far

How far Selah commutes

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

70%

21%

70%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selah is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Selah are

2,554 jobs are based in Selah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Selah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Selah

2,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Selah residents hold

3,336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−3%

Jobs based in Selah, 2013 → 2023: 2,621 → 2,554. 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.