Photo: Andrew Filer (In memoriam afiler) · CC BY-SA 2.0Rosalia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 20% for Washington as a whole. 71 jobs are based in Rosalia, and 164 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Rosalia; the top destination outside it is Pullman (10%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Rosalia, and who commutes in
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Rosalia on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where people from Rosalia work
Where Rosalia clocks in
10% 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.
In Rosalia, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosalia, 2014 → 2024: 157 → 71. 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 Rosalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Rosalia: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosalia workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 commuters (the 7% 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.
Rosalia’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
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 Rosalia: questions
What is the median household income in Rosalia?
$50,938 (±$28,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosalia?
19.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosalia?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosalia work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pullman (10%, 36 mi), Tekoa (10%, 14 mi), Spokane (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rosalia without a car?
0% 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 Rosalia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosalia
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.