Valley has 3.5 jobs for every working resident: 197 people commute in to work
Only 5% work in Valley; the top destination outside it is Spokane (33%, 38 miles). There are 200 jobs in Valley, and 57 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 64% of workers; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Valley for work, and who comes in
On a workday 54 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 280 people are in Valley on a workday afternoon, 106% more 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 Valley’s workforce comes from
Where Valley clocks in
33% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 Valley, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 200. 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 Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Valley
of Valley workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 64% 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.
Half of Valley commutes less than 39 miles
About 26% 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 Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Valley?
3.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Valley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spokane (33%, 38 mi), Colville (5%, 27 mi), Chewelah (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Valley 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 Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley
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.