U.S. Inspection Station-Laurier, Washington · Photo: General Services Administration · Public domainLaurier has 5.0 jobs for every working resident: 15 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Laurier itself; outside it, Colville draws the most (33%, 35 miles). There are 15 jobs in Laurier for 3 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Laurier, and who commutes in
On a workday 3 residents head out to work and none work right 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 Laurier’s workers come from
Where Laurier clocks in
33% of workers
33% 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 Laurier, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Laurier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Laurier
About 33% 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 Laurier: questions
Where do people who live in Laurier work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colville (33%, 35 mi), Bellevue (33%, 205 mi), Curlew (33%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurier
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.