Jobs, income and commuting in Cusick, WA
Only 4% work in Cusick itself; outside it, Newport draws the most (14%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 20% across Washington. The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Cusick for work, and who comes in
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Cusick on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Cusick, and from where
Where Cusick clocks in
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cusick
87 jobs are based in Cusick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cusick, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 87. 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 Cusick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cusick, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cusick workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 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.
The distance from Cusick to work
About 27% 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 Cusick: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cusick?
47.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cusick?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cusick work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (14%, 15 mi), Spokane (14%, 46 mi), Airway Heights (4%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cusick 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 Cusick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cusick
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.