Thorp Mill · Photo: Steven Pavlov · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Thorp
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, where Washington has 27 and the U.S. 26. 10% of workers have no commute at all, against 20% across Washington. Only 2% work in Thorp itself; outside it, Ellensburg draws the most (26%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Thorp for work, and who comes in
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Thorp on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Thorp’s residents
Where Thorp clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
87 jobs are based in Thorp.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thorp, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 87. 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 Thorp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Thorp spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thorp workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Thorp works
About 45% 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 Thorp: questions
What is the median household income in Thorp?
$120,739 (±$35,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thorp?
8.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thorp?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thorp work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellensburg (26%, 7 mi), Seattle (7%, 88 mi), Wenatchee (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thorp 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 Thorp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thorp
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.