Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0A job hub: Curlew has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 83 people come in to work
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%). Employers in Curlew report 85 jobs; 32 of its residents have a job. Only 6% work in Curlew; the top destination outside it is Republic (16%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Curlew
On a workday 30 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 180 people are in Curlew on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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 Curlew’s workers come from
Where Curlew clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Curlew are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Curlew, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 85. 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 Curlew’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Curlew: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Curlew workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 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 it is to work from Curlew
About 35% 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 Curlew: questions
What is the median household income in Curlew?
$101,438 (±$77,112) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Curlew?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Curlew?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Curlew work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Republic (16%, 17 mi), Spokane (13%, 100 mi), Kettle Falls (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Curlew 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 Curlew, from the people who make the trip.
More of Curlew
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.