Work & commute · Thorp

Work & commute in Thorp, WA

Most working residents leave Thorp for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ellensburg (26%), Seattle (7%) and Wenatchee (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 134 Thorp residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thorp.

134live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thorp goes to work

Ellensburg7.3 mi away

26%35

Seattle87.5 mi away

7%10

Wenatchee30.2 mi away

4%5

Redmond79.7 mi away

3%4

Yakima33.3 mi away

3%4

Cle Elum16 mi away

2%3

Renton77 mi away

2%3

Federal Way80.1 mi away

2%3

Bellevue78.7 mi away

2%3

Spokane157.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%64

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

How far

How far Thorp commutes

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

36%

12%

45%

36%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thorp 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 Thorp are

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

Jobs based in Thorp

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Thorp residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−2%

Jobs based in Thorp, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 87. 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.