Cavalero’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 3.5%, next to 9.9% for Washington as a whole. Jobs and income earn Cavalero A+; getting around on foot earns it B. Home is the office for 12% of workers (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cavalero and work: the main findings
Cavalero workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Cavalero is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Cavalero, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cavalero has about 620 people in it, 61% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Cavalero workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Cavalero’s 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. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cavalero
On income, poverty and job access, Cavalero is better than 96% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($148,462, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Cavalero’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cavalero could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 41 minutes each way for Cavalero’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cavalero workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 550 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who commutes out of Cavalero, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,031 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Cavalero on a workday afternoon, 61% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
68% of the jobs in Cavalero make or build things
63 jobs are based in Cavalero.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cavalero, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 63. 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 Cavalero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
18% of working residents work in Everett
Where Cavalero clocks in
18% of workers
15% 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.
Half of Cavalero commutes less than 16 miles
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.
Most of Cavalero commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cavalero is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 624 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 5.0% of Cavalero households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cavalero’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cavalero ranks: 134th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 23 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Brooklyn Heights OH | 1,471 | $97K | 3.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 133 | Roxbury WI | 1,796 | $132K | 2.7% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 134 | Cavalero WA | 1,591 | $148K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 135 | Van Meter IA | 1,978 | $135K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 136 | Lakeland MN | 1,659 | $100K | 3.3% | 4.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Cavalero, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
How Cavalero compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lake Stevens (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cavalero workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalero | – | A+ | B | 41 min | $148,462 |
| Bunk Foss | under 3% | B+ | C | 30 min | $155,201 |
| Lake Stevens | 5% | A− | A | 35 min | $122,336 |
| Machias | under 3% | A | B− | 27 min | $151,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cavalero’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 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 Cavalero: questions
What is the median household income in Cavalero?
$148,462 (±$48,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cavalero?
3.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cavalero?
41 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cavalero work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (18%, 5 mi), Seattle (15%, 28 mi), Lake Stevens (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cavalero walkable?
Cavalero is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cavalero without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cavalero, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cavalero
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.