Work & commute · Concrete

Work & commute in Concrete, WA

Most working residents leave Concrete for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (8%), Sedro-Woolley (7%) and Seattle (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 304 Concrete residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Concrete.

304live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Concrete goes to work

Mount Vernon26.8 mi away

8%27

Concrete (in town)right here

7%24

Sedro-Woolley21.9 mi away

7%22

Seattle68.9 mi away

6%21

Burlington26.8 mi away

6%19

Everett44.3 mi away

4%13

Bellingham36.1 mi away

4%13

Darrington20 mi away

2%6

Renton75.6 mi away

2%6

Marysville36.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%171

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

How far

How far Concrete commutes

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

12%

20%

40%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Concrete is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Concrete are

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

Jobs based in Concrete

261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Concrete residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+65%

Jobs based in Concrete, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 261. 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.