Work & commute · Waterville

Work & commute in Waterville, WA

Most working residents leave Waterville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Wenatchee (21%), East Wenatchee (6%) and Seattle (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

55 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 360 Waterville residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterville.

360live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterville goes to work

Wenatchee19 mi away

21%87

Waterville (in town)right here

13%55

East Wenatchee18.8 mi away

6%25

Seattle106.2 mi away

4%16

Kent101.6 mi away

2%7

Grand Coulee53.5 mi away

1%6

Ephrata34.1 mi away

1%6

Moses Lake51.7 mi away

1%6

Everett100.7 mi away

1%6

Spokane122.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%196

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

How far

How far Waterville commutes

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

15%

42%

33%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterville are

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

Jobs based in Waterville

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Waterville residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−30%

Jobs based in Waterville, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 378. 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.