Work & commute · Peaceful Valley

Work & commute in Peaceful Valley, WA

Most working residents leave Peaceful Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bellingham (27%), Lynden (6%) and Seattle (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,196 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

52 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 1,173 Peaceful Valley residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peaceful Valley.

1,173live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peaceful Valley goes to work

Bellingham20 mi away

27%317

Lynden14 mi away

6%66

Seattle92.5 mi away

5%64

Ferndale21.2 mi away

4%47

Deming9.2 mi away

4%45

Everett68.4 mi away

3%30

Sumas6.3 mi away

2%25

Maple Falls3.4 mi away

2%23

Peaceful Valley (in town)right here

2%23

Blaine27.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%536

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

How far

How far Peaceful Valley commutes

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

16%

51%

25%

16%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peaceful Valley is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peaceful Valley are

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

Jobs based in Peaceful Valley

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Peaceful Valley residents hold

1,196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Peaceful Valley, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 49. 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.