Fairfax Bridge · Photo: Rickad · Public domainMost of Carbonado commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Carbonado for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (9%, 40 miles). There are 41 jobs in Carbonado for 334 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Carbonado stands out on work
Carbonado is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Carbonado, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carbonado has about 440 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Carbonado workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Carbonado’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Carbonado is Seattle, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (29) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Carbonado, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 332 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Carbonado on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 45 minutes each way for Carbonado’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carbonado workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 318 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Carbonado
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.
Where Carbonado’s working residents head each day
Where Carbonado clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Most jobs in Carbonado are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carbonado, 2014 → 2024: 29 → 41. 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 Carbonado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Carbonado: questions
What is the median household income in Carbonado?
$117,083 (±$18,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carbonado?
1.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carbonado?
45 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carbonado work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (9%, 40 mi), Tacoma (8%, 22 mi), Buckley (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Carbonado without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carbonado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carbonado
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.