Work & commute · Walla Walla East

Work & commute in Walla Walla East, WA

Most working residents leave Walla Walla East for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Walla Walla (54%), College Place (6%) and Kennewick (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 739 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 732 Walla Walla East residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walla Walla East.

732live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walla Walla East goes to work

Walla Walla2.2 mi away

54%397

College Place4.3 mi away

6%46

Kennewick43.1 mi away

3%21

Pasco42 mi away

2%17

Spokane119.3 mi away

2%17

Richland50.3 mi away

2%14

Wenatchee135.7 mi away

1%10

Milton-Freewater, OR8.8 mi away

1%9

Seattle220.1 mi away

1%9

Pullman72 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%192

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

How far

How far Walla Walla East commutes

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

70%

19%

70%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walla Walla East is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walla Walla East are

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

Jobs based in Walla Walla East

246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Walla Walla East residents hold

739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+54%

Jobs based in Walla Walla East, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 246. 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.