TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
TekoaGood evening
Work & commute · Tekoa

Work & commute in Tekoa, WA

Most working residents leave Tekoa for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are St. John (11%), Colfax (10%) and Spokane (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
14 of 242 working residents
Typical commute
31 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 Tekoa residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tekoa.

228live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
140work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tekoa goes to work

MoscowEndicottLamontRosaliaSt. JohnMaldenTekoaColfaxCheneyPullmanWalla WallaSpokane ValleyYakimaSpokaneSt. JohnColfaxSpokaneCheneyPullmanWalla WallaRosaliaYakimaSpokane ValleyTekoa
1
St. John25.9 mi away
11%26
2
Colfax24.8 mi away
10%23
3
Tekoa (in town)right here
6%14
4
Spokane34.9 mi away
5%12
5
Cheney30.1 mi away
4%10
6
Pullman34.3 mi away
4%10
7
Walla Walla100 mi away
4%10
8
Rosalia14.3 mi away
2%6
9
Yakima169.8 mi away
2%5
10
Spokane Valley31.2 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%122

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

How far

How far Tekoa commutes

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

8%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
49%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tekoa is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tekoa are

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

Jobs based in Tekoa

154 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tekoa residents hold

242 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−29%

Jobs based in Tekoa, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 154. 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.

The porch light’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Tekoa, WAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Tekoa is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map