Work & commute · La Conner

Work & commute in La Conner, WA

Most working residents leave La Conner for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (12%), Seattle (9%) and Bellingham (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 348 La Conner residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 872 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Conner.

348live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

872work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Conner goes to work

Mount Vernon8.5 mi away

12%44

Seattle53.8 mi away

9%34

Bellingham25 mi away

7%25

La Conner (in town)right here

6%24

Everett33 mi away

6%23

Burlington9 mi away

4%16

Anacortes8.9 mi away

3%12

Arlington22.2 mi away

2%8

Sedro-Woolley14.6 mi away

1%5

Bellevue57.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%176

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

How far

How far La Conner commutes

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

40%

11%

22%

27%

40%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Conner is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Conner are

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

Jobs based in La Conner

896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs La Conner residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+11%

Jobs based in La Conner, 2013 → 2023: 804 → 896. 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.