Photo: Williamborg · Public domainWishram has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Wishram itself; outside it, The Dalles draws the most (17%, 10 miles). Employers in Wishram report 51 jobs, against 115 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Wishram, and who commutes in
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Wishram on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer 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.
Out of Wishram to work: where people go
Where Wishram clocks in
17% 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.
Jobs in Wishram: what the 51 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wishram, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 51. 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 Wishram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Wishram spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wishram workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Wishram goes to work
About 44% 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 Wishram: questions
What is the median household income in Wishram?
$42,188 (±$12,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wishram?
33.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wishram?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wishram work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are The Dalles (17%, 10 mi), Portland (8%, 82 mi), Seattle (4%, 150 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wishram without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wishram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wishram
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.