Work & commute · Sultan

Work & commute in Sultan, WA

Most working residents leave Sultan for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Everett (9%) and Monroe (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 2,647 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,461 Sultan residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sultan.

2,461live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sultan goes to work

Seattle30.8 mi away

13%337

Everett18.9 mi away

9%241

Monroe8.4 mi away

9%232

Redmond19.7 mi away

7%197

Sultan (in town)right here

7%186

Bellevue25 mi away

6%146

Bothell19.8 mi away

4%98

Kirkland22.1 mi away

4%96

Woodinville17.7 mi away

3%70

Maltby14.8 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%989

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

How far

How far Sultan commutes

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

18%

48%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sultan is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sultan are

1,041 jobs are based in Sultan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sultan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sultan

1,041 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Sultan residents hold

2,647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+18%

Jobs based in Sultan, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 1,041. 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.