Work & commute · Darrington

Work & commute in Darrington, WA

Most working residents leave Darrington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (10%), Everett (10%) and Arlington (9%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

63 of 580 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 517 Darrington residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darrington.

517live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darrington goes to work

Darrington (in town)right here

11%63

Seattle56.1 mi away

10%58

Everett33.9 mi away

10%56

Arlington25.5 mi away

9%54

Marysville28.1 mi away

3%20

Concrete20 mi away

2%14

Renton60.5 mi away

2%14

Mount Vernon34.1 mi away

2%13

Bellevue52.4 mi away

2%13

Lake Stevens28.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%265

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

How far

How far Darrington commutes

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

19%

11%

40%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darrington is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darrington are

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

Jobs based in Darrington

363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Darrington residents hold

580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+71%

Jobs based in Darrington, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 363. 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.