Marine View has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Marine View itself; outside it, Royal City draws the most (6%, 13 miles). 21 jobs are based in Marine View; 154 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Marine View
On a workday 151 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Marine View on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Marine View ends
Where Marine View clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Marine View
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marine View, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 21. 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 Marine View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Marine View
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marine View workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 2% 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.
The distance from Marine View to work
About 44% 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.
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 Marine View: questions
What is the median household income in Marine View?
$58,854 (±$10,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marine View?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marine View?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marine View work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Royal City (6%, 13 mi), Moses Lake (4%, 12 mi), Spokane (4%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Marine View without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marine View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marine View
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.