Photo: Will Maupin · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Four Lakes commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 38% of workers, the job is at home, against 20% across Washington. Employers in Four Lakes report 26 jobs for 219 working residents. Hardly any work in Four Lakes; the top destination outside it is Spokane (38%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Four Lakes and work: the main findings
Four Lakes and Spokane trade workers both ways
Spokane is the top workplace for Four Lakes residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Four Lakes come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Four Lakes is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Four Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Four Lakes has about 130 people in it, 60% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Four Lakes works from home
38% of Four Lakes workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. 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 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Four Lakes’ residents
Where Four Lakes clocks in
38% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
Who leaves Four Lakes for work, and who comes in
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Four Lakes on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
Working from home in Four Lakes
of Four Lakes workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 commuters (the 38% 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.
62% of the jobs in Four Lakes make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Four Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 26. 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 Four Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Four Lakes
About 15% 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 Four Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Four Lakes?
$80,951 (±$60,772) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Four Lakes?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Four Lakes work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spokane (38%, 10 mi), Cheney (12%, 5 mi), Spokane Valley (11%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Four Lakes 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 Four Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Four Lakes
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.