Work & commute · Index

Work & commute in Index, WA

Most working residents leave Index for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (16%), Monroe (8%) and Bellevue (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 64 Index residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Index.

64live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Index goes to work

Seattle39.5 mi away

16%10

Monroe20 mi away

8%5

Bellevue32 mi away

6%4

Sultan12 mi away

5%3

Mountlake Terrace34.7 mi away

5%3

Burlington57 mi away

5%3

Snohomish26 mi away

3%2

Redmond27.8 mi away

3%2

Renton38 mi away

3%2

Marysville33 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%28

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

How far

How far Index commutes

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

20%

66%

14%

0%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

66%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Index 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 Index are

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

Jobs based in Index

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Index residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+44%

Jobs based in Index, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 26. 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.