Work & commute · Stanwood

Work & commute in Stanwood, WA

Most working residents leave Stanwood for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Everett (15%), Seattle (10%) and Arlington (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

371 of 3,435 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,064 Stanwood residents head out of town to work, 371 work right here, and 2,729 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanwood.

3,064live here, work elsewhere

371live and work here

2,729work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanwood goes to work

Everett20.9 mi away

15%507

Stanwood (in town)right here

11%371

Seattle43.2 mi away

10%339

Arlington10.5 mi away

5%180

Marysville14.3 mi away

4%150

Mount Vernon12 mi away

4%128

Camano8.5 mi away

3%92

Bellevue45.6 mi away

2%80

Renton53.3 mi away

2%71

Burlington15.2 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,452

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

How far

How far Stanwood commutes

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

21%

38%

26%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanwood are

3,100 jobs are based in Stanwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stanwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stanwood

3,100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Stanwood residents hold

3,435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+7%

Jobs based in Stanwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,898 → 3,100. 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.