Work & commute · Everett

Work & commute in Everett, WA

About one in 4 of Everett’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Bellevue (4%) and Lynnwood (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

13,192 of 47,877 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,685 Everett residents head out of town to work, 13,192 work right here, and 82,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Everett.

34,685live here, work elsewhere

13,192live and work here

82,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Everett goes to work

Everett (in town)right here

28%13,192

Seattle24.8 mi away

15%7,221

Bellevue25.2 mi away

4%1,964

Lynnwood10.5 mi away

4%1,782

Bothell13 mi away

3%1,427

Redmond19.9 mi away

3%1,246

Kirkland18.3 mi away

2%1,078

Mukilteo6.2 mi away

2%1,052

Marysville8.4 mi away

2%957

Edmonds12.7 mi away

2%794

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%17,164

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

How far

How far Everett commutes

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

45%

32%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Everett is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Everett are

95,321 jobs are based in Everett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Everett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Everett

95,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Everett residents hold

47,877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+7%

Jobs based in Everett, 2013 → 2023: 89,063 → 95,321. 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.