Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Camano has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 53% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #182 of 285 in Washington.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns · #208 of 285 in Washington.
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 42 minutes each way (Washington 27, U.S. 26). Only 8% work in Camano; the top destination outside it is Everett (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Camano
Jobs in Camano have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Camano went from 658 in 2013 to 1,462 in 2023, +122%. The jobs ↓
Camano workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Camano is a place people come home to
There are 1,462 jobs based in Camano, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Camano has about 12,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Camano’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camano is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #182 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Camano’s grade up ($105,231, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camano could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
What the 1,462 jobs in Camano are
1,462 jobs are based in Camano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camano’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camano, 2013 → 2023: 658 → 1,462. 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.
About 42 minutes each way, longer than most of Washington
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camano workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,666 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Camano quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,288 residents head out to work, 518 work right here, and 944 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Camano on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.21 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 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Everett
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Camano clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Camano commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Camano start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camano is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #208 of 285 in Washington. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,072 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 49% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 2.0% of Camano households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Camano’s commuters take a bus or train.
Camano is 1,238th of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camano, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Bothell West WA | 22,029 | $153K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,236 | Union Township IN | 14,231 | $76K | 8.7% | 5.2% | 19% | B− |
| 1,237 | Jasper IN | 17,279 | $69K | 14.4% | 1.4% | 50% | B− |
| 1,238 | Camano WA | 17,303 | $105K | 6.7% | 4.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,239 | Benton Township IL | 18,769 | $83K | 8.9% | 8.9% | 4% | B− |
| 1,240 | Bainbridge Township IN | 17,648 | $69K | 14.4% | 1.5% | 52% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
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 Camano: questions
What is the median household income in Camano?
$105,231 (±$7,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camano?
6.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camano?
42 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camano work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (12%, 18 mi), Seattle (12%, 37 mi), Stanwood (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camano walkable?
Camano is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camano without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camano, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camano
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. 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.