Households in Lakeview earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%. 18.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.9% across Washington. The two grades for Lakeview are D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lakeview and work: the main findings
Lakeview is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Lakeview, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 316 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lakeview’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Lakeview is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lakeview’s grade.
Unemployment (13.7%) is left out: Lakeview’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lakeview could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Who works in Lakeview, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 312 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.11 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.
Half of Lakeview commutes less than 24 miles
About 37% 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.
18% of working residents work in Ephrata
Where Lakeview clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
Inside Lakeview’s 35 jobs
35 jobs are based in Lakeview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 35. 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 Lakeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the WA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeview workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 480 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.
In Lakeview, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakeview is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lakeview near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 509 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). 14.5% of Lakeview households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lakeview next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 23 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,383 | Sheldon Township IL | 1,177 | $48K | 17.8% | 16.7% | 3% | D− |
| 5,384 | Jackson Township MO | 1,221 | $55K | 20.9% | 7.5% | 4% | D− |
| 5,385 | Lakeview WA | 1,584 | $46K | 18.5% | 13.7% | 1% | D− |
| 5,386 | Cedar Bluff AL | 1,948 | $53K | 29.3% | 3.9% | 2% | D− |
| 5,387 | Dover AR | 1,385 | $32K | 30.5% | 2.6% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Lakeview, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door to Lakeview
The biggest share goes to Soap Lake (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lakeview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lakeview: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeview?
$45,787 (±$20,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeview?
18.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeview?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeview work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ephrata (18%, 5 mi), Moses Lake (9%, 20 mi), Soap Lake (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeview walkable?
Lakeview is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeview
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.