Work & commute · Steptoe

Work & commute in Steptoe, WA

Most working residents leave Steptoe for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pullman (29%), Moscow (8%) and Garfield (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 48 Steptoe residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steptoe.

48live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steptoe goes to work

Pullman20.8 mi away

29%14

Moscow, ID25.3 mi away

8%4

Garfield9.9 mi away

6%3

Palouse14.6 mi away

6%3

Colfax6.7 mi away

6%3

Oakesdale9.8 mi away

4%2

Clarkston43.3 mi away

4%2

Hayden, ID58.5 mi away

2%1

Lewiston, ID45.7 mi away

2%1

Pendleton, OR115.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%14

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

How far

How far Steptoe commutes

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

11%

52%

20%

17%

11%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steptoe is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steptoe are

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

Jobs based in Steptoe

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Steptoe residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−32%

Jobs based in Steptoe, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 13. 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.