Outlook has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4 jobs are based in Outlook, against 116 working residents. Hardly any work in Outlook; the top destination outside it is Sunnyside (19%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 20% for Washington as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Outlook for work, and who comes in
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Outlook on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Outlook ends
Where Outlook clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 50% of work in Outlook
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Outlook, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. 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 Outlook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from Outlook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Outlook workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 commuters (the 0% 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 Outlook
About 15% 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.
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 Outlook: questions
What is the median household income in Outlook?
$46,475 (±$17,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Outlook?
37.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Outlook?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Outlook work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sunnyside (19%, 4 mi), Yakima (15%, 28 mi), Grandview (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Outlook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Outlook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Outlook
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.