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Jobs & commute in Addy

Addy has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 20% across Washington. Addy has 14 jobs for 70 working residents. Hardly any work in Addy itself; outside it, Spokane draws the most (20%, 51 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Addy for work, and who comes in

On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

70live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday61
120live here− 70head out to work+ 14come in to work= 61on a workday

About 61 people are in Addy on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Addy ends

Rathdrum: 1 residents work here (1%)Coeur d'AlenePost FallsBoise City: 1 residents work here (1%)NewportColville: 8 residents work here (11%)Chewelah: 9 residents work here (13%)Omak: 1 residents work here (1%)Spokane Valley: 5 residents work here (7%)Kent: 2 residents work here (3%)Everett: 2 residents work here (3%)Spokane: 14 residents work here (20%)Seattle: 3 residents work here (4%)AddyFairwoodSpokaneChewelahColvilleSpokane ValleySeattleKentAddy
1
Spokane51.3 mi away
20%14
2
Chewelah7.6 mi away
13%9
3
Colville13.2 mi away
11%8
4
Spokane Valley55.6 mi away
7%5
5
Seattle214.9 mi away
4%3
6
Kent213.5 mi away
3%2
7
Everett202.4 mi away
3%2
8
Rathdrum, ID58.5 mi away
1%1
9
Boise City, ID337.8 mi away
1%1
10
Omak77.8 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%24
The top trips

Where Addy clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

What Addy’s employers do

Jobs based in AddyJobs Addy residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%26%
Trade, transport & utilities29%16%
Services: health, schools, offices71%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less36%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month57%27%
Over $3,333 a month7%57%

Who does it

29 or younger14%16%
30 to 5457%59%
55 and older29%26%
−83%

Jobs based in Addy, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Addy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Addy

Working from home
0%

of Addy workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Addy gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

How far Addy’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSpokane: 20% · 51.3 miChewelah: 13% · 7.6 miColville: 11% · 13.2 miSpokane Valley: 7% · 55.6 miSeattle: 4% · 214.9 miKent: 3% · 213.5 miEverett: 3% · 202.4 miRathdrum: 1% · 58.5 miBoise City: 1% · 337.8 miOmak: 1% · 77.8 miSpokane 20%Chewelah 13%Colville 11%Spokane Valley 7%Seattle 4%Addy
AddyTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi12 residents
20%10–24 mi14 residents
6%25–50 mi4 residents
57%Over 50 mi39 residents

About 57% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Addy: questions

What is the poverty rate in Addy?

0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Addy work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spokane (20%, 51 mi), Chewelah (13%, 8 mi), Colville (11%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Addy without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Addy, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Addy

Addy home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.