Household incomes in Bunk Foss top those of 96% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Bunk Foss for work; outside it, Everett is the main destination (19%, 4 miles). 6.5% of residents are in poverty (Washington 9.9%). The two grades for Bunk Foss are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bunk Foss
Bunk Foss makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Bunk Foss are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bunk Foss residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Bunk Foss’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 75% of the jobs based in Bunk Foss. The jobs ↓
Bunk Foss is a place people come home to
There are 410 jobs based in Bunk Foss, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bunk Foss has about 2,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Bunk Foss gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bunk Foss is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #101 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Bunk Foss’ grade up ($155,201, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bunk Foss could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 54% of the jobs in Bunk Foss
410 jobs are based in Bunk Foss.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bunk Foss, 2014 → 2024: 295 → 410. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bunk Foss’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Bunk Foss for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,865 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Bunk Foss on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Bunk Foss to work: where people go
Where Bunk Foss clocks in
19% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Bunk Foss’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bunk Foss workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,368 commuters (the 14% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bunk Foss
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Bunk Foss gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bunk Foss is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #244 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Bunk Foss near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,598 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.1% of Bunk Foss households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bunk Foss’ commuters take a bus or train.
Bunk Foss places 1,135th of 4,474 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,133 | Pleasant Township IN | 3,092 | $76K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,134 | Sennett NY | 3,258 | $102K | 5.1% | 4.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Bunk Foss WA | 3,627 | $155K | 6.5% | 6.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,136 | Indian River Shores FL | 4,467 | $156K | 6.7% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,137 | Versailles OH | 2,723 | $71K | 5.3% | 0.3% | 25% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bunk Foss, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Work in the towns next to Bunk Foss
The biggest share goes to Lake Stevens (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bunk Foss workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunk Foss | – | B+ | C | 30 min | $155,201 |
| Cavalero | under 2% | A+ | B | 41 min | $148,462 |
| Lake Stevens | 5% | A− | A | 35 min | $122,336 |
| Fobes Hill | under 2% | B+ | B− | 34 min | $133,553 |
| Machias | under 2% | A | B− | 27 min | $151,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bunk Foss’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Bunk Foss: questions
What is the median household income in Bunk Foss?
$155,201 (±$30,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bunk Foss?
6.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bunk Foss?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bunk Foss work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (19%, 4 mi), Seattle (16%, 26 mi), Snohomish (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bunk Foss walkable?
Bunk Foss is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bunk Foss without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bunk Foss, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bunk Foss
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.