Work & commute · Waitsburg

Work & commute in Waitsburg, WA

Most working residents leave Waitsburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Walla Walla (39%), College Place (5%) and Dayton (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 418 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 404 Waitsburg residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waitsburg.

404live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waitsburg goes to work

Walla Walla16.6 mi away

39%161

College Place19.5 mi away

5%20

Dayton8.9 mi away

4%18

Waitsburg (in town)right here

3%14

Touchet29.5 mi away

3%14

Pasco46.4 mi away

2%10

Spokane102.3 mi away

2%10

Richland54.6 mi away

2%7

Kennewick49.2 mi away

1%6

Seattle219 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%152

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

How far

How far Waitsburg commutes

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

56%

12%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waitsburg is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waitsburg are

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

Jobs based in Waitsburg

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Waitsburg residents hold

418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−16%

Jobs based in Waitsburg, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 199. 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.