Buena has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 47 jobs in Buena, and 324 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Buena itself; outside it, Yakima draws the most (20%, 16 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 20% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Buena, in a few figures
Buena is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Buena, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buena has about 510 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Buena and Yakima trade workers both ways
Yakima is the top workplace for Buena residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Buena come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Buena workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 324 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Buena by day
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Buena on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where the trip to work from Buena ends
Where Buena clocks in
20% 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.
Time on the road from Buena: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buena workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 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.
Jobs in Buena: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buena, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 47. 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 Buena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Buena’s workers travel
About 23% 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 Buena: questions
What is the median household income in Buena?
$41,953 (±$11,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buena?
20.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buena?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buena work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yakima (20%, 16 mi), Toppenish (7%, 3 mi), Union Gap (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Buena 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 Buena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buena
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.