Work & commute · Tieton

Work & commute in Tieton, WA

Most working residents leave Tieton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (28%), Cowiche (6%) and Selah (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 525 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 488 Tieton residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 635 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tieton.

488live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

635work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tieton goes to work

Yakima12.5 mi away

28%147

Tieton (in town)right here

7%37

Cowiche3 mi away

6%31

Selah10.8 mi away

3%14

Union Gap16.2 mi away

2%13

Richland75.2 mi away

2%12

Seattle98.1 mi away

2%11

Naches3.5 mi away

2%10

Ellensburg22.7 mi away

2%9

Terrace Heights16.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%233

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

How far

How far Tieton commutes

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

31%

43%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tieton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tieton are

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

Jobs based in Tieton

672 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Tieton residents hold

525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+105%

Jobs based in Tieton, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 672. 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.