Photo: Nomeato · Public domainMaking a living in Loon Lake
Only 2% work in Loon Lake; the top destination outside it is Spokane (26%, 29 miles). Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers; Washington has 20%. Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, where Washington has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Loon Lake
Loon Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Loon Lake is Spokane, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (87) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Loon Lake
29% of Loon Lake workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Loon Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Loon Lake to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 33 minutes to work from Loon Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loon Lake workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 commuters (the 29% 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 people are in Loon Lake by day
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Loon Lake on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Loon Lake: the destinations
Where Loon Lake clocks in
26% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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 Loon Lake’s 218 jobs
218 jobs are based in Loon Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loon Lake, 2014 → 2024: 118 → 218. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Loon Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Loon Lake?
$76,250 (±$25,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loon Lake?
10.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loon Lake?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loon Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spokane (26%, 29 mi), Spokane Valley (9%, 34 mi), Deer Park (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Loon Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loon Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loon Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.