Work & commute · Snoqualmie Pass

Work & commute in Snoqualmie Pass, WA

Most working residents leave Snoqualmie Pass for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (16%), Redmond (9%) and Cle Elum (8%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 143 Snoqualmie Pass residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 827 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snoqualmie Pass.

143live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

827work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snoqualmie Pass goes to work

Seattle46.4 mi away

16%24

Redmond38 mi away

9%14

Cle Elum25.8 mi away

8%13

Ellensburg49 mi away

7%10

Snoqualmie Pass (in town)right here

7%10

Bellevue37.4 mi away

3%4

Kent37.5 mi away

3%4

Marysville58.2 mi away

2%3

Richland126.2 mi away

2%3

North Bend17.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%66

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

How far

How far Snoqualmie Pass commutes

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

62%

24%

7%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

62%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snoqualmie Pass is a job hub

5.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Snoqualmie Pass are

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

Jobs based in Snoqualmie Pass

837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Snoqualmie Pass residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+3539%

Jobs based in Snoqualmie Pass, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 837. 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.