Work means Walla Walla for about half of Dixie’s working residents
Home is the office for 9% of workers (Washington 20%). Hardly any stay in Dixie for work; outside it, Walla Walla is the main destination (45%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; the Washington average is 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Dixie on a workday
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49 people are in Dixie on a workday afternoon, 63% fewer than live here.
0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The places Dixie commutes to
Where Dixie clocks in
45% of workers
3% 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.
In Dixie, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
5 jobs are based in Dixie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dixie, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. 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 Dixie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Dixie’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dixie workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 9% 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 Dixie goes to work
About 24% 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 Dixie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dixie?
14.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dixie?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dixie work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Dixie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dixie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dixie
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.