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KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />More workers commute out of the County than in. <br />Kittitas County tends to be a net exporter of workers to jobs outside of the County (Figure 9, page 23). tn other <br />words, more workers commute out of the County for work (8,100 in 2019) than commute into the County for work <br />(6,400 in 2019). However, the largest group of commuters are those who live and work in the County (nearly <br />10,000 people in 2019, or about 54 percent of employed County residents). Among those living and working in the <br />County, almost two-thirds (62 percent) work in Ellensburg and another quarter (24.6 percent) work in <br />unincorporated parts of the County. By comparison, these same residents tend to live in either Ellensburg (45.5 <br />percent) or in unincorporated Kittitas County (41.5 percent). While most occupations show a net outflow of <br />commuters leaving the County for wor( an analysis by monthly earnings shows that workers earning less than <br />51,25t per month tend to commute into Kittitas County for work. This aligns with the high cost of living in Kittitas <br />County as lower-earning workers likely struggle to afford housing in the County. <br />Figure 9. Commuting Trends to Kittitas County, Washington, 2008 to 2019 <br />Commuting into the region means a person lives outside of the region and works inside of the region. Commuting <br />out of the region means a person lives inside of the region and works outside of the region. <br />8,000 <br />2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 <br />Source(s): Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD), 0rigin-Deslinalion Employment Statistics (L0DES); TtP Strategies, lnc. <br />Note(s): 0nly includes residents and workers in Washinglon and ldaho. <br />6,000 <br />4,000 <br />2,000 <br />o <br />=l! <br />==(to <br />-2,000 <br />-4,000 <br />-6,000 <br />-8,000 <br />o <br />F <br />o <br />lrih <br />==o(t <br />n <br />0 <br />rto(.|d <br />\t <br />C\ltt <br />d <br />(9 <br />m <br />.d <br />\o$l0 <br />to <br />oo\al) <br />ro <br />rrtiOt- <br />u) <br />0roNrt <br />o <br />c,t <br />rn <br />o <br />f?, <br />ln <br />$Ndr$ <br />6Nord <br />C! <br />t <br />.f' <br />(t <br />(Yt\o <br />d €(tro <br />od <br />(3(tr <br />@ <br />Fi <br />oa- <br />c)\o <br />a.F <br />\o <br /><)rt, <br />Fa <br />c{.d <br />ro <br />C.lo <br />Fi <br />Foo- <br />a\ <br />ro(t!d <br /><tFlo.d <br />$t\i<t.d <br />PAGE 23 I ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN