Fairweather-Trevitt House · Photo: Kevmin · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Torboy
17 jobs are based in Torboy; 12 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%). Hardly any stay in Torboy for work; outside it, Republic is the main destination (25%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Torboy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 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 (1.42 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 Torboy’s working residents head each day
Where Torboy clocks in
25% of workers
17% 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.
35% of the jobs in Torboy make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Torboy, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 17. 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 Torboy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Torboy
of Torboy workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 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 distance from Torboy to work
About 58% 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.
Torboy and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Torboy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torboy | – | — | — | — | — |
| Curlew Lake | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Curlew Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Torboy’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Torboy: questions
What is the poverty rate in Torboy?
45.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Torboy work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Republic (25%, 3 mi), Colville (17%, 36 mi), Newport (8%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Torboy 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 Torboy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Torboy
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.