Work & commute · Tonasket

Work & commute in Tonasket, WA

About one in 4 of Tonasket’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omak (7%), Okanogan (5%) and Wenatchee (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

98 of 377 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 279 Tonasket residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonasket.

279live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tonasket goes to work

Tonasket (in town)right here

26%98

Omak20.1 mi away

7%28

Okanogan24.3 mi away

5%18

Wenatchee96.9 mi away

3%10

Seattle153.7 mi away

2%9

Oroville16.5 mi away

2%7

Chelan65.2 mi away

2%6

Loomis12 mi away

2%6

Moses Lake109.4 mi away

1%5

Spokane Valley124.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%185

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

How far

How far Tonasket commutes

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

34%

20%

38%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tonasket is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonasket are

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

Jobs based in Tonasket

766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Tonasket residents hold

377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+10%

Jobs based in Tonasket, 2013 → 2023: 694 → 766. 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.