Photo: Drums600 (Uploads) · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Bickleton works elsewhere
Only 4% work in Bickleton; the top destination outside it is Goldendale (6%, 28 miles). Employers in Bickleton report 28 jobs, and 49 of its residents work somewhere. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Washington as a whole has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bickleton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Bickleton on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Bickleton: the destinations
Where Bickleton clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bickleton, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 28. 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 Bickleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bickleton’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bickleton workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 2% 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.
Bickleton’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Bickleton: questions
What is the median household income in Bickleton?
$85,625 (±$20,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bickleton?
1.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bickleton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bickleton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Goldendale (6%, 28 mi), Astoria (4%, 168 mi), Yakima (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bickleton 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 Bickleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bickleton
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.