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Jobs & commute in Loomis

Where Loomis earns its living

Only 3% work in Loomis itself; outside it, Tonasket draws the most (16%, 12 miles). 9% of workers work from home (Washington 20%). There are 51 jobs in Loomis, against 63 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Loomis

On a workday 61 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.

61live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
49work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday120
140live here− 61head out to work+ 49come in to work= 120on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.81jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 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.

The commute map

The places Loomis commutes to

EuniceRiverside: 1 residents work here (2%)Tonasket: 10 residents work here (16%)Oroville: 4 residents work here (6%)Okanogan: 6 residents work here (10%)Omak: 6 residents work here (10%)Chelan: 2 residents work here (3%)Wenatchee: 2 residents work here (3%)EphrataMoses Lake: 2 residents work here (3%)Yakima: 2 residents work here (3%)LoomisOrchardsFredericksonTonasketOkanoganOmakOrovilleChelanWenatcheeLoomis
1
Tonasket12 mi away
16%10
2
Okanogan31.6 mi away
10%6
3
Omak28.1 mi away
10%6
4
Oroville12.8 mi away
6%4
5
Chelan69.8 mi away
3%2
6
Wenatchee101 mi away
3%2
7
Moses Lake118.3 mi away
3%2
8
Yakima159.9 mi away
3%2
9
Loomis (in town)right here
3%2
10
Riverside22.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%26
The top trips

Where Loomis clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

33% of the jobs in Loomis make or build things

Jobs based in LoomisJobs Loomis residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%17%
Trade, transport & utilities65%16%
Services: health, schools, offices2%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month51%30%
Over $3,333 a month25%54%

Who does it

29 or younger14%14%
30 to 5441%43%
55 and older45%43%
+143%

Jobs based in Loomis, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 51. 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 Loomis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Loomis

Working from home
9%

of Loomis workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Loomis gets to work
100%Walk

Share of the 49 commuters (the 9% 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 far

Where in the region Loomis works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTonasket: 16% · 12 miOkanogan: 10% · 31.6 miOmak: 10% · 28.1 miOroville: 6% · 12.8 miChelan: 3% · 69.8 miWenatchee: 3% · 101 miMoses Lake: 3% · 118.3 miYakima: 3% · 159.9 miRiverside: 2% · 22.2 miTonasket 16%Okanogan 10%Omak 10%Oroville 6%Chelan 3%Loomis
LoomisTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi3 residents
29%10–24 mi18 residents
21%25–50 mi13 residents
46%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 46% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Loomis: questions

What is the median household income in Loomis?

$38,546 (±$21,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Loomis?

25.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Loomis work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tonasket (16%, 12 mi), Okanogan (10%, 32 mi), Omak (10%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Loomis 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 Loomis, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Loomis

Loomis home →

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.