Work & commute · Wenatchee

Work & commute in Wenatchee, WA

44% of Wenatchee’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are East Wenatchee (7%), Seattle (5%) and Cashmere (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

7,498 of 17,120 working residents

Typical commute

4 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 9,622 Wenatchee residents head out of town to work, 7,498 work right here, and 17,115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wenatchee.

9,622live here, work elsewhere

7,498live and work here

17,115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wenatchee goes to work

Wenatchee (in town)right here

44%7,498

East Wenatchee2.5 mi away

7%1,143

Seattle95.2 mi away

5%820

Cashmere8.3 mi away

2%418

Yakima59.3 mi away

2%346

Bellevue86 mi away

1%242

Leavenworth19.1 mi away

1%235

Moses Lake53.7 mi away

1%178

Kent88.2 mi away

1%171

Chelan31.8 mi away

1%168

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%5,901

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

How far

How far Wenatchee commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wenatchee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wenatchee are

24,613 jobs are based in Wenatchee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wenatchee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wenatchee

24,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wenatchee residents hold

17,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+22%

Jobs based in Wenatchee, 2013 → 2023: 20,093 → 24,613. 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.