How Vantage works: jobs, income and commuting
Employers in Vantage report 17 jobs, against 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Vantage; the top destination outside it is Ellensburg (27%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Vantage, and who commutes in
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 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 Vantage’s working residents head each day
Where Vantage clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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 Vantage
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vantage, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 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 Vantage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Vantage
About 27% 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 Vantage: questions
Where do people who live in Vantage work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellensburg (27%, 27 mi), Cle Elum (9%, 48 mi), Yakima (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vantage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vantage
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.