Work & commute · Swede Heaven

Work & commute in Swede Heaven, WA

Most working residents leave Swede Heaven for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Darrington (13%), Everett (13%) and Arlington (10%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 298 Swede Heaven residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swede Heaven.

298live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swede Heaven goes to work

Darrington4.9 mi away

13%39

Everett31.2 mi away

13%38

Arlington21.4 mi away

10%29

Seattle54.5 mi away

8%24

Mukilteo37.3 mi away

2%7

Marysville24.7 mi away

2%7

Bellevue51.6 mi away

2%7

Tacoma79.1 mi away

2%7

Mount Vernon29.2 mi away

2%6

Concrete17.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%130

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

How far

How far Swede Heaven commutes

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

20%

36%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swede Heaven is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swede Heaven are

14 jobs are based in Swede Heaven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swede Heaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swede Heaven

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Swede Heaven residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+40%

Jobs based in Swede Heaven, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 14. 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.