Work & commute · Clear Lake

Work & commute in Clear Lake, WA

Most working residents leave Clear Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (15%), Sedro-Woolley (9%) and Seattle (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 568 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 560 Clear Lake residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clear Lake.

560live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clear Lake goes to work

Mount Vernon4 mi away

15%87

Sedro-Woolley4.4 mi away

9%50

Seattle57.5 mi away

7%40

Burlington4.4 mi away

7%38

Bellingham23.6 mi away

5%29

Everett33.7 mi away

4%22

Bellevue58.9 mi away

2%12

Arlington19.7 mi away

2%11

Anacortes17.8 mi away

2%11

Marysville25.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%258

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

How far

How far Clear Lake commutes

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

41%

13%

19%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clear Lake is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clear Lake are

114 jobs are based in Clear Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clear Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clear Lake

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Clear Lake residents hold

568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Clear Lake, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 114. 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.