Photo: Williamborg 18:11, 24 May 2008 (UTC) · Public domainHousehold incomes in Mattawa trail those of 97% of U.S. towns
Mattawa grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 33.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.9% across Washington. 9% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mattawa, in brief
Jobs in Mattawa have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mattawa went from 348 in 2013 to 848 in 2023, +144%. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Mattawa workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Mattawa’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 14% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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 810 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Mattawa’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mattawa is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #285 of 285 in Washington. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mattawa’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mattawa could be anywhere from D− to C−.
What the 848 jobs in Mattawa are
848 jobs are based in Mattawa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mattawa, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 848. 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 Mattawa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mattawa on a workday afternoon
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 171 work right here, and 677 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 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.
Where Mattawa goes to work
Where Mattawa clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Mattawa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mattawa workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,145 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mattawa
About 27% 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.
Most of Mattawa commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mattawa is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #239 of 285 in Washington. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,254 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). 2.5% of Mattawa households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mattawa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mattawa next to U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,248 | West Union OH | 3,091 | $29K | 38.6% | 14.0% | 18% | D− |
| 4,249 | Oakridge OR | 3,127 | $40K | 23.9% | 18.2% | 24% | D− |
| 4,250 | Mattawa WA | 3,874 | $38K | 33.3% | 11.6% | 21% | D− |
| 4,251 | Goldendale WA | 3,528 | $40K | 29.7% | 14.0% | 31% | D− |
| 4,252 | Mills Township MI | 4,054 | $42K | 30.5% | 12.1% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Mattawa, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Mattawa: questions
What is the median household income in Mattawa?
$38,388 (±$19,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mattawa?
33.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mattawa?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mattawa work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Othello (4%, 36 mi), Pasco (3%, 50 mi), Seattle (3%, 130 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mattawa walkable?
Mattawa is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mattawa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mattawa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mattawa
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.