Photo: Klickat Resident · Public domainKlickitat has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
6% of workers have no commute at all, where Washington as a whole has 20%. Klickitat has 15 jobs, and 97 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Klickitat; the top destination outside it is White Salmon (10%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Klickitat
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Klickitat on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where the trip to work from Klickitat ends
Where Klickitat clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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 Klickitat: what the 15 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Klickitat, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 15. 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 Klickitat’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Klickitat
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Klickitat workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Klickitat commutes
About 41% 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 Klickitat: questions
What is the median household income in Klickitat?
$63,646 (±$12,977) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Klickitat?
6.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Klickitat?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Klickitat work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Salmon (10%, 17 mi), The Dalles (9%, 15 mi), Portland (8%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Klickitat 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 Klickitat, from the people who make the trip.
More of Klickitat
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.