Work & commute · Edison

Work & commute in Edison, WA

Most working residents leave Edison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (15%), Bellingham (12%) and Seattle (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 100 Edison residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edison.

100live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edison goes to work

Mount Vernon11.8 mi away

15%15

Bellingham12.9 mi away

12%12

Seattle65.6 mi away

10%10

Burlington8.5 mi away

8%8

Sedro-Woolley10 mi away

4%4

Everett43.4 mi away

3%3

Arlington30.5 mi away

2%2

Marysville36 mi away

2%2

Bellevue68.2 mi away

2%2

Kent82 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%42

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

How far

How far Edison commutes

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

25%

34%

11%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edison are

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

Jobs based in Edison

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Edison residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+79%

Jobs based in Edison, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 120. 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.