Work & commute · Warden

Work & commute in Warden, WA

Most working residents leave Warden for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Moses Lake (17%), Othello (8%) and Spokane (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

130 of 724 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 594 Warden residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warden.

594live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warden goes to work

Warden (in town)right here

18%130

Moses Lake15.3 mi away

17%123

Othello11.2 mi away

8%61

Spokane89.9 mi away

3%19

Wenatchee68.1 mi away

2%17

Yakima75.4 mi away

2%15

Richland48.4 mi away

2%14

Pasco48.6 mi away

2%14

Kennewick53.5 mi away

2%13

Moses Lake North20.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%306

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

How far

How far Warden commutes

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

25%

34%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warden are

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

Jobs based in Warden

957 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Warden residents hold

724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+76%

Jobs based in Warden, 2013 → 2023: 545 → 957. 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.