Work & commute · South Wenatchee

Work & commute in South Wenatchee, WA

Most working residents leave South Wenatchee for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wenatchee (44%), East Wenatchee (8%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 674 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 671 South Wenatchee residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Wenatchee.

671live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Wenatchee goes to work

Wenatchee3.4 mi away

44%298

East Wenatchee1.6 mi away

8%53

Seattle97.5 mi away

4%27

Cashmere11.7 mi away

3%18

Leavenworth22.3 mi away

2%12

Yakima56.9 mi away

2%12

Moses Lake50.9 mi away

1%8

Chelan33.6 mi away

1%7

Issaquah83.3 mi away

1%5

Bellevue88.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%229

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

How far

How far South Wenatchee commutes

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

60%

11%

26%

60%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Wenatchee is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Wenatchee are

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

Jobs based in South Wenatchee

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs South Wenatchee residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in South Wenatchee, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 168. 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.