Work & commute · Snohomish

Work & commute in Snohomish, WA

Most working residents leave Snohomish for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Everett (15%), Seattle (14%) and Bellevue (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

469 of 4,963 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,494 Snohomish residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 5,756 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snohomish.

4,494live here, work elsewhere

469live and work here

5,756work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snohomish goes to work

Everett5 mi away

15%763

Seattle24.5 mi away

14%713

Snohomish (in town)right here

9%469

Bellevue23.1 mi away

5%243

Redmond17.4 mi away

5%224

Kirkland16.8 mi away

3%169

Bothell11.9 mi away

3%154

Monroe6.9 mi away

2%119

Lynnwood11.9 mi away

2%117

Marysville10.8 mi away

2%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,885

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

How far

How far Snohomish commutes

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

39%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snohomish is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Snohomish are

6,225 jobs are based in Snohomish. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Snohomish’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Snohomish

6,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Snohomish residents hold

4,963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+27%

Jobs based in Snohomish, 2013 → 2023: 4,910 → 6,225. 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.