Work & commute · Zillah

Work & commute in Zillah, WA

Most working residents leave Zillah for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (17%), Toppenish (9%) and Sunnyside (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

134 of 1,340 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,206 Zillah residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 802 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zillah.

1,206live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

802work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zillah goes to work

Yakima18.2 mi away

17%232

Zillah (in town)right here

10%134

Toppenish2.7 mi away

9%121

Sunnyside14.3 mi away

5%62

Richland47.4 mi away

3%42

Wapato7.5 mi away

2%27

Granger5.8 mi away

2%25

Union Gap14.5 mi away

2%25

Kennewick54.3 mi away

2%22

Prosser27.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%632

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

How far

How far Zillah commutes

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

38%

36%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zillah is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zillah are

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

Jobs based in Zillah

936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Zillah residents hold

1,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+4%

Jobs based in Zillah, 2013 → 2023: 903 → 936. 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.