W. P. Sawyer House And Orchard · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Donald
Hardly any work in Donald; the top destination outside it is Yakima (38%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%. 48 jobs are based in Donald; 74 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Donald
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 84 people are in Donald on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where the trip to work from Donald ends
Where Donald clocks in
38% 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.
Jobs in Donald: what the 48 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Donald, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 48. 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 Donald’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Donald
of Donald workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 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 commute from Donald, by distance
About 25% 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 Donald: questions
What is the poverty rate in Donald?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Donald work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yakima (38%, 11 mi), Moxee (11%, 6 mi), Toppenish (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Donald 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 Donald, from the people who make the trip.
More of Donald
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.