Photo: Walter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5Bay View has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8% of workers work from home (Washington 20%). There are 95 jobs in Bay View, against 353 working residents. Hardly any work in Bay View itself; outside it, Mount Vernon draws the most (14%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bay View
Bay View is a place people come home to
There are 95 jobs based in Bay View, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bay View has about 310 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Bay View are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 353 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Bay View
On a workday 353 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Bay View on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 22 minutes each way for Bay View’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bay View workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 280 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Out of Bay View to work: where people go
Where Bay View clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Bay View
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay View, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 95. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Bay View
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bay View: questions
What is the median household income in Bay View?
$90,188 (±$4,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bay View?
0.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bay View?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bay View work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (14%, 8 mi), Burlington (14%, 6 mi), Bellingham (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bay View without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bay View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bay View
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.