Work & commute · St. John

Work & commute in St. John, WA

Most working residents leave St. John for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Colfax (9%), Rosalia (6%) and Tekoa (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 140 St. John residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. John.

140live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. John goes to work

Colfax17.5 mi away

9%14

St. John (in town)right here

7%10

Rosalia14.1 mi away

6%9

Tekoa25.9 mi away

6%9

Pullman31.7 mi away

5%8

Cheney27.6 mi away

3%5

Plummer, ID36.9 mi away

3%4

Spokane Valley42.9 mi away

3%4

Richland98.1 mi away

2%3

Yakima144.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%81

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

How far

How far St. John commutes

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

30%

33%

29%

8%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. John is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. John are

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

Jobs based in St. John

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs St. John residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in St. John, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 146. 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.