Schwana has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
10% of workers work from home, where Washington as a whole has 20%. Schwana has 3 jobs for 56 working residents. Hardly any work in Schwana itself; outside it, Mattawa draws the most (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Schwana on a workday
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Schwana on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 people from Schwana work
Where Schwana clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Schwana
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schwana, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 3. 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 Schwana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Schwana
of Schwana workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 11% 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 far it is to work from Schwana
About 39% 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 Schwana: questions
What is the median household income in Schwana?
$76,190 (±$20,264) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schwana?
21.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Schwana work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mattawa (9%, 6 mi), Othello (5%, 36 mi), Royal City (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Schwana 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 Schwana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schwana
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.