Work & commute · Silver Firs

Work & commute in Silver Firs, WA

Most working residents leave Silver Firs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (21%), Everett (15%) and Bellevue (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

202 of 11,041 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,839 Silver Firs residents head out of town to work, 202 work right here, and 2,373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Firs.

10,839live here, work elsewhere

202live and work here

2,373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Firs goes to work

Seattle19.3 mi away

21%2,327

Everett7 mi away

15%1,609

Bellevue18.4 mi away

8%903

Redmond12.9 mi away

7%771

Bothell6.7 mi away

5%530

Kirkland11.8 mi away

4%466

Lynnwood7.4 mi away

3%347

Snohomish5.2 mi away

2%241

Mill Creek2.7 mi away

2%226

Woodinville7.3 mi away

2%202

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,419

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

How far

How far Silver Firs commutes

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

40%

46%

40%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Firs is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Firs are

2,575 jobs are based in Silver Firs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silver Firs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silver Firs

2,575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Silver Firs residents hold

11,041 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+108%

Jobs based in Silver Firs, 2013 → 2023: 1,236 → 2,575. 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.