Most of Minnehaha commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Minnehaha are B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Employers in Minnehaha report 1,234 jobs; 5,182 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Minnehaha is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Minnehaha: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Minnehaha workers cross into Oregon
25% of Minnehaha workers work outside Washington, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Portland (18%), Gresham (1%) and Hillsboro (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Minnehaha and Vancouver trade workers both ways
Vancouver is the top workplace for Minnehaha residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Minnehaha come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Minnehaha residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Minnehaha has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Minnehaha went from 807 in 2014 to 1,234 in 2024, +53%. The jobs ↓
Minnehaha is a place people come home to
There are 1,234 jobs based in Minnehaha, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Minnehaha has about 7,500 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Minnehaha’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Minnehaha is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #108 of 285 in Washington. Job access by car holds Minnehaha’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minnehaha could be anywhere from B to A.
33% of working residents work in Vancouver
Where Minnehaha clocks in
33% 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.
The distance from Minnehaha to work
About 18% 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.
69% of the jobs in Minnehaha pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minnehaha, 2014 → 2024: 807 → 1,234. 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 Minnehaha’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Minnehaha quiets down on a workday
On a workday 5,127 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 1,179 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Minnehaha on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Time on the road from Minnehaha: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minnehaha workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,887 commuters (the 18% 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 commute in Minnehaha is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minnehaha is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #170 of 285 in Washington. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,974 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 4.2% of Minnehaha households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Minnehaha’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Minnehaha is 1,055th among 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,053 | Litchfield CT | 8,381 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,054 | Alderwood Manor WA | 10,266 | $105K | 7.9% | 6.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,055 | Minnehaha WA | 11,482 | $101K | 5.6% | 6.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,056 | Pierce Township OH | 15,754 | $90K | 8.3% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,057 | Spanish Fort AL | 11,203 | $99K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Minnehaha, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Minnehaha’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vancouver. Darker towns draw more of Minnehaha’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Minnehaha: questions
What is the median household income in Minnehaha?
$100,668 (±$11,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minnehaha?
5.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minnehaha?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minnehaha work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (33%, 2 mi), Portland (18%, 8 mi), Seattle (3%, 136 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Minnehaha walkable?
Minnehaha is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minnehaha without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minnehaha, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minnehaha
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. 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.