Work & commute · Arlington Heights

Work & commute in Arlington Heights, WA

Most working residents leave Arlington Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Everett (17%), Arlington (13%) and Seattle (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,073 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,058 Arlington Heights residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington Heights.

1,058live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington Heights goes to work

Everett18.3 mi away

17%187

Arlington4.7 mi away

13%144

Seattle43.1 mi away

11%113

Marysville10 mi away

6%66

Mount Vernon18.2 mi away

3%29

Bellevue42.7 mi away

2%26

Granite Falls9.5 mi away

2%19

Snohomish19.6 mi away

2%18

Renton51 mi away

1%15

Arlington Heights (in town)right here

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%441

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Arlington Heights commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%

37%

27%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington Heights is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington Heights are

132 jobs are based in Arlington Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arlington Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arlington Heights

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Arlington Heights residents hold

1,073 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+7%

Jobs based in Arlington Heights, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 132. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.