Roosevelt has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Roosevelt for work; outside it, Goldendale is the main destination (8%, 29 miles). Employers in Roosevelt report 26 jobs; 91 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Roosevelt for work, and who comes in
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Roosevelt on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Out of Roosevelt to work: where people go
Where Roosevelt clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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 Roosevelt’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roosevelt, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 26. 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 Roosevelt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Roosevelt
of Roosevelt workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 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.
The commute from Roosevelt, by distance
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.
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 Roosevelt: questions
What is the median household income in Roosevelt?
$52,188 (±$10,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roosevelt?
9.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Roosevelt work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Goldendale (8%, 29 mi), Portland (5%, 117 mi), Bickleton (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roosevelt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roosevelt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roosevelt
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.