Photo: Lexaxis7 · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 1.9 jobs in Omak for every working resident, and 2,732 people commute in
Employers in Omak report 3,318 jobs, against 1,723 working residents. Omak grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 20% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Omak apart on work
Commutes from Omak are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
Omak is where the jobs are
Omak has 3,318 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Omak: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Omak is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #257 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Omak’s grade up ($76,544, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Omak could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 11 minutes each way for Omak’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Omak workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,872 commuters (the 8% 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 a workday changes Omak
On a workday 1,137 residents head out to work and 586 work right here.
About 6,800 people are in Omak on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 distance from Omak to work
About 33% 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.
The daily trip into Omak
Where Omak clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
What Omak’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Omak, 2013 → 2023: 2,725 → 3,318. 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 Omak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Omak is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Omak is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #67 of 285 in Washington. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 9.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,042 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Omak households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Omak’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Omak is 3,022nd of 3,696 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Normandy Park WA | 6,609 | $162K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Wollochet WA | 6,689 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,020 | Violet LA | 4,122 | $51K | 17.6% | 9.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,021 | Port Richey FL | 3,655 | $51K | 20.7% | 5.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,022 | Omak WA | 5,185 | $77K | 26.1% | 4.4% | 34% | C− |
| 3,023 | Winchester NH | 4,281 | $68K | 14.1% | 5.7% | 14% | C− |
| 3,024 | Knox Township OH | 4,210 | $50K | 20.5% | 3.6% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | 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 Omak, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Work in the towns next to Omak
The biggest share goes to Okanogan (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Omak’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 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 Omak: questions
What is the median household income in Omak?
$76,544 (±$14,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Omak?
26.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Omak?
11 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Omak work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Okanogan (9%, 4 mi), Wenatchee (4%, 78 mi), Seattle (3%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Omak walkable?
Omak is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Omak without a car?
1% 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 Omak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Omak
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.