Work & commute · Mount Vernon

Work & commute in Mount Vernon, WA

About one in 5 of Mount Vernon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seattle (8%), Burlington (7%) and Bellingham (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

3,431 of 15,690 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,259 Mount Vernon residents head out of town to work, 3,431 work right here, and 11,505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Vernon.

12,259live here, work elsewhere

3,431live and work here

11,505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Vernon goes to work

Mount Vernon (in town)right here

22%3,431

Seattle55.1 mi away

8%1,307

Burlington3.4 mi away

7%1,037

Bellingham24.3 mi away

6%924

Everett32 mi away

5%839

Sedro-Woolley7.5 mi away

3%455

Anacortes15.1 mi away

2%346

Arlington18.7 mi away

2%312

Bellevue57.1 mi away

2%299

Marysville24.4 mi away

2%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%6,463

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

How far

How far Mount Vernon commutes

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

39%

15%

20%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Vernon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Vernon are

14,936 jobs are based in Mount Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Vernon

14,936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Mount Vernon residents hold

15,690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 13,266 → 14,936. 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.