Work & commute · Spangle

Work & commute in Spangle, WA

Most working residents leave Spangle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (28%), Spokane Valley (21%) and Rockford (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 100 Spangle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spangle.

100live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spangle goes to work

Spokane16.6 mi away

28%28

Spokane Valley17.6 mi away

21%21

Rockford11.8 mi away

4%4

Post Falls, ID28.8 mi away

3%3

St. Maries, ID38.7 mi away

2%2

Coeur d'Alene, ID33.2 mi away

2%2

Fairfield10.1 mi away

2%2

Tekoa20.2 mi away

2%2

Federal Way232 mi away

2%2

Washington, DC2091.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%34

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

How far

How far Spangle commutes

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

67%

10%

16%

6%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spangle is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spangle are

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

Jobs based in Spangle

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Spangle residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+122%

Jobs based in Spangle, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 51. 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.