Work & commute · Union Gap

Work & commute in Union Gap, WA

Most working residents leave Union Gap for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (44%), Selah (2%) and Seattle (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

213 of 2,478 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,265 Union Gap residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 4,766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Gap.

2,265live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

4,766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Gap goes to work

Yakima3.7 mi away

44%1,096

Union Gap (in town)right here

9%213

Selah6.8 mi away

2%50

Seattle114.3 mi away

2%47

Wapato8.4 mi away

1%36

Spokane163 mi away

1%36

Moxee4.5 mi away

1%35

Toppenish14.8 mi away

1%29

Terrace Heights4 mi away

1%29

Ahtanum5.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%882

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

How far

How far Union Gap commutes

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

68%

20%

68%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Gap is a job hub

2.01jobs 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 Union Gap are

4,979 jobs are based in Union Gap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Union Gap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Union Gap

4,979 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Union Gap residents hold

2,478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+8%

Jobs based in Union Gap, 2013 → 2023: 4,618 → 4,979. 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.