Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Pomeroy are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Pomeroy for work; outside it, Lewiston is the main destination (11%, 29 miles). The poverty rate is 16.4%, against 9.9% across Washington. Pomeroy grades D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pomeroy, in a few figures
Pomeroy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pomeroy is Lewiston, ID, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Pomeroy are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
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 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Pomeroy: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Pomeroy is better than 5% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pomeroy’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Pomeroy’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pomeroy could be anywhere from D− to C.
Where in the region Pomeroy works
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.
Time on the road from Pomeroy: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pomeroy workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the 16% 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 daily flow of workers through Pomeroy
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 265 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 (0.83 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 Pomeroy’s working residents head each day
Where Pomeroy clocks in
11% 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.
What work there is in Pomeroy: 406 jobs
406 jobs are based in Pomeroy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pomeroy, 2013 → 2023: 402 → 406. 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 Pomeroy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Pomeroy, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pomeroy is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 409 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). 0.0% of Pomeroy households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pomeroy’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pomeroy compares with U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 28 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,712 | Oak Hill OH | 1,420 | $45K | 18.4% | 5.9% | 4% | D− |
| 5,713 | Bogata TX | 1,118 | $40K | 19.4% | 1.5% | 5% | D− |
| 5,714 | Pomeroy WA | 1,481 | $52K | 16.4% | 6.5% | 29% | D− |
| 5,715 | Frenchville ME | 1,019 | $55K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 15% | D− |
| 5,716 | Bessemer Township MI | 1,124 | $56K | 20.4% | 8.3% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Pomeroy, 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 Pomeroy: questions
What is the median household income in Pomeroy?
$52,104 (±$14,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pomeroy?
16.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pomeroy?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pomeroy work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (11%, 29 mi), Clarkston (6%, 26 mi), Spokane (4%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pomeroy walkable?
Pomeroy is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pomeroy 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 Pomeroy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pomeroy
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.