Work & commute · Sedro-Woolley

Work & commute in Sedro-Woolley, WA

Most working residents leave Sedro-Woolley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (12%), Burlington (8%) and Bellingham (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

778 of 6,157 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 5,379 Sedro-Woolley residents head out of town to work, 778 work right here, and 3,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sedro-Woolley.

5,379live here, work elsewhere

778live and work here

3,529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sedro-Woolley goes to work

Sedro-Woolley (in town)right here

13%778

Mount Vernon7.5 mi away

12%763

Burlington5.6 mi away

8%492

Bellingham19.9 mi away

8%482

Seattle61.9 mi away

7%436

Everett38.1 mi away

4%250

Anacortes18 mi away

3%163

Arlington23.9 mi away

2%110

Bellevue63.2 mi away

2%94

Marysville30 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,510

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

How far

How far Sedro-Woolley commutes

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

40%

20%

14%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sedro-Woolley is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sedro-Woolley are

4,307 jobs are based in Sedro-Woolley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sedro-Woolley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sedro-Woolley

4,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Sedro-Woolley residents hold

6,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+17%

Jobs based in Sedro-Woolley, 2013 → 2023: 3,690 → 4,307. 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.