Baker River Bridge · Photo: floodllama · CC BY 2.0Work and commuting in Concrete
5% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%). Only 7% work in Concrete itself; outside it, Mount Vernon draws the most (8%, 27 miles). Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average; the Washington average is 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Concrete apart on work
Concrete workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Concrete’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Concrete is Mount Vernon, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (27) 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Concrete spends getting to work: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concrete workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Concrete
About 28% 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.
How many people are in Concrete by day
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Concrete commutes to
Where Concrete clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Concrete
261 jobs are based in Concrete.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concrete, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 261. 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 Concrete’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 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 Concrete: questions
What is the median household income in Concrete?
$81,719 (±$34,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concrete?
18.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concrete?
44 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concrete work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (8%, 27 mi), Sedro-Woolley (7%, 22 mi), Seattle (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Concrete without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Concrete, from the people who make the trip.
More of Concrete
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.