Work & commute · Skykomish

Work & commute in Skykomish, WA

Most working residents leave Skykomish for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (23%), Bellevue (14%) and Snoqualmie (9%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 76 Skykomish residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skykomish.

76live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skykomish goes to work

Seattle46.7 mi away

23%18

Bellevue38 mi away

14%11

Snoqualmie26.5 mi away

9%7

North Bend24.6 mi away

6%5

Issaquah34.5 mi away

5%4

SeaTac47.6 mi away

4%3

Kirkland39.4 mi away

3%2

Redmond35.3 mi away

3%2

Fullerton, CA971.6 mi away

1%1

Skykomish (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%23

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

How far

How far Skykomish commutes

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

83%

1%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

83%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skykomish is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Skykomish are

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

Jobs based in Skykomish

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Skykomish residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−57%

Jobs based in Skykomish, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 66. 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.