Work & commute · Granite Falls

Work & commute in Granite Falls, WA

Most working residents leave Granite Falls for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Everett (18%), Seattle (12%) and Bellevue (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
111 of 2,159 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,048 Granite Falls residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 783 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granite Falls.

2,048live here, work elsewhere
111live and work here
783work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Granite Falls goes to work

Granite FallsLynnwoodArlingtonLake StevensKirklandRedmondMarysvilleBellevueEverettSeattleLake BosworthLake RoesigerCanyon CreekLochsloyArlington HeightsEverettSeattleBellevueMarysvilleArlingtonLake StevensRedmondLynnwoodKirklandGranite Falls
1
Everett13.5 mi away
18%397
2
Seattle37 mi away
12%267
3
Granite Falls (in town)right here
5%111
4
Bellevue35.1 mi away
4%86
5
Marysville8.6 mi away
4%83
6
Arlington9.8 mi away
3%74
7
Lake Stevens8.4 mi away
3%57
8
Redmond29.2 mi away
3%54
9
Lynnwood23.7 mi away
2%53
10
Kirkland29.2 mi away
2%53
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%924

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

How far

How far Granite Falls commutes

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

14%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
35%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Granite Falls is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granite Falls are

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

Jobs based in Granite Falls

894 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Granite Falls residents hold

2,159 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month74%
+38%

Jobs based in Granite Falls, 2013 → 2023: 648 → 894. 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.

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