Spokane

City Commute Profile

Spokane, WA

Where Spokane’s 101,738 resident workers go each day — 52.1% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Spokane Valley.

WashingtonLODES 2023 data
72
Commute Score

72 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Spokane at a glance
Employed Residents
101,738
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
52.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Spokane Valley
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Spokane proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Spokane commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Spokane

101,738 commutes, one dot at a time

Spokane

Where 101,738 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Spokane, by worker count.

1Spokane0.0 mi53,035
2Spokane Valley7.8 mi14,824
3Seattle229.8 mi2,573
4Airway Heights8.4 mi2,218
5Liberty Lake14.6 mi1,780
6Cheney15.0 mi1,022
7Country Homes5.0 mi976
8Fairwood6.2 mi879

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Spokane.

1Spokane0.0 mi53,035
2Spokane Valley7.8 mi16,170
3Fairwood6.2 mi1,869
4Cheney15.0 mi1,585
5Liberty Lake14.6 mi1,560
6Post Falls22.4 mi1,547
7Mead7.5 mi1,402
8Coeur d’Alene29.1 mi1,333

Top industries

The sectors that employ Spokane’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance25.5%
RTRetail Trade10.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.4%
EDEducational Services7.7%
PAPublic Administration6.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.4%
FIFinance and Insurance5.2%
COConstruction4.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.4%

Spokane city profile

Who lives in Spokane — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
230,293
Median age
37.2yrs
Median household income
$70,064
Median home value
$363,500
Median gross rent
$1,215/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.9%
Poverty rate
13.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Spokane

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

12 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps52%
8 Gbps52%
See all internet providers in Spokane

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).