Work & commute · Sudden Valley

Work & commute in Sudden Valley, WA

Most working residents leave Sudden Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bellingham (43%), Seattle (5%) and Ferndale (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 2,590 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,501 Sudden Valley residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sudden Valley.

2,501live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sudden Valley goes to work

Bellingham6.1 mi away

43%1,124

Seattle76.3 mi away

5%127

Ferndale14.4 mi away

4%93

Sudden Valley (in town)right here

3%89

Mount Vernon21.2 mi away

3%88

Everett53.1 mi away

2%63

Burlington17.9 mi away

2%59

Bellevue78.2 mi away

2%41

Lynden16.5 mi away

1%34

Marietta-Alderwood10.6 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%839

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

How far

How far Sudden Valley commutes

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

50%

21%

24%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sudden Valley is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sudden Valley are

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

Jobs based in Sudden Valley

569 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Sudden Valley residents hold

2,590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+190%

Jobs based in Sudden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 569. 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.