Photo: Tedder · CC BY-SA 4.0George’s household incomes are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Washington has 20%. The poverty rate is 6.0%, against 9.9% across Washington. Jobs and income earn George C; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set George apart
George’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside George is Moses Lake, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (34) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from George are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. 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 268 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside George’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, George is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds George’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: George’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, George could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where in the region George works
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.
Getting to work from George takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of George workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 315 commuters (the 5% 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.
In and out of George on a workday
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Moses Lake
Where George clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
2% 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 George, 68% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
222 jobs are based in George.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in George, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 222. 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 George’s own residents hold wherever they work.
George is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, George is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 330 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of George households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of George’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, George ranks 1,877th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 16 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Ames Lake WA | 1,245 | $250K | 1.1% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,875 | Wyoming IL | 1,287 | $60K | 11.8% | 2.4% | 9% | C |
| 1,876 | Valley Mills TX | 1,293 | $52K | 12.0% | 1.9% | 4% | C |
| 1,877 | George WA | 1,024 | $55K | 6.0% | 4.5% | 3% | C |
| 1,878 | Lemon Township PA | 1,120 | $81K | 13.3% | 0.6% | 1% | C |
| 1,879 | Bratton Township PA | 1,181 | $63K | 8.5% | 0.6% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of George, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 George: questions
What is the median household income in George?
$55,000 (±$46,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in George?
6.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from George?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in George work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moses Lake (13%, 28 mi), Quincy (10%, 11 mi), Wenatchee (2%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is George walkable?
George is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around George without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from George, from the people who make the trip.
More of George
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.