Work & commute · Gold Bar

Work & commute in Gold Bar, WA

Most working residents leave Gold Bar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (12%), Monroe (9%) and Everett (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,115 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 1,090 Gold Bar residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gold Bar.

1,090live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gold Bar goes to work

Seattle34.7 mi away

12%134

Monroe13.5 mi away

9%95

Everett24.1 mi away

7%82

Sultan5.3 mi away

7%76

Bellevue28.1 mi away

6%63

Redmond23.2 mi away

5%51

Kirkland26.2 mi away

4%44

Bothell24.5 mi away

3%37

Woodinville22.2 mi away

2%26

Gold Bar (in town)right here

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%482

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

How far

How far Gold Bar commutes

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

12%

31%

46%

11%

12%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gold Bar is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gold Bar are

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

Jobs based in Gold Bar

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Gold Bar residents hold

1,115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−5%

Jobs based in Gold Bar, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 117. 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.