Work & commute · Spokane Valley

Work & commute in Spokane Valley, WA

About one in 3 of Spokane Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Spokane (34%), Liberty Lake (6%) and Seattle (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

13,388 of 45,119 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,731 Spokane Valley residents head out of town to work, 13,388 work right here, and 40,626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spokane Valley.

31,731live here, work elsewhere

13,388live and work here

40,626work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spokane Valley goes to work

Spokane9.3 mi away

34%15,240

Spokane Valley (in town)right here

30%13,388

Liberty Lake6 mi away

6%2,804

Seattle238.3 mi away

2%1,050

Coeur d'Alene, ID20.5 mi away

2%800

Post Falls, ID14.1 mi away

2%708

Airway Heights16.2 mi away

1%574

Bellevue229.3 mi away

1%313

Millwood2.5 mi away

1%231

Tacoma245.8 mi away

1%228

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%9,783

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

How far

How far Spokane Valley commutes

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

65%

19%

15%

65%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spokane Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spokane Valley are

54,014 jobs are based in Spokane Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spokane Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spokane Valley

54,014 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Spokane Valley residents hold

45,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Spokane Valley, 2013 → 2023: 46,637 → 54,014. 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.