Photo: Guywelch2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Twisp have lower incomes than those in 74% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers (Washington 20%). Below the poverty line: 13.3% of residents; Washington has 9.9%. Twisp grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Twisp
Commutes from Twisp are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Twisp has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Twisp went from 320 in 2013 to 439 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 354 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Twisp’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Twisp is better than 10% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Twisp’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Twisp’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Twisp could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Twisp’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twisp workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Twisp
About 35% 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.
Jobs in Twisp: what the 439 are
439 jobs are based in Twisp.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twisp, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 439. 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 Twisp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Twisp by day
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 387 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 (1.24 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.
12% of working residents work in Winthrop
Where Twisp clocks in
12% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Twisp
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Twisp is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Twisp households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Twisp’s commuters take a bus or train.
Twisp next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 3,062nd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 18 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,060 | Gold Hill OR | 1,317 | $56K | 22.0% | 1.2% | 4% | D |
| 3,061 | Big Sandy TX | 1,339 | $41K | 29.4% | 15.1% | 7% | D |
| 3,062 | Twisp WA | 1,126 | $60K | 13.3% | 9.9% | 15% | D |
| 3,063 | Keystone CO | 1,274 | $52K | 26.3% | 1.7% | 22% | D |
| 3,064 | Buchanan GA | 1,028 | $53K | 17.1% | 10.0% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Twisp, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Twisp: questions
What is the median household income in Twisp?
$60,000 (±$34,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twisp?
13.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twisp?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twisp work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winthrop (12%, 8 mi), Chelan (4%, 36 mi), Brewster (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Twisp walkable?
Twisp is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Twisp 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 Twisp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twisp
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.