Horatio and Laura Allen Farm · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Duvall’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 12.8% of residents, next to 9.9% for Washington as a whole. Jobs and income earn Duvall A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Home is the office for 40% of workers, against 20% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Duvall and work: the main findings
Home offices are common in Duvall
40% of Duvall workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Duvall workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Duvall’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.
Jobs & income in Duvall: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duvall is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #86 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Duvall’s grade up ($197,361, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duvall could be anywhere from B to A+.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duvall workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,426 commuters (the 40% 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.
What the 1,750 jobs in Duvall are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duvall, 2013 → 2023: 1,349 → 1,750. 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 Duvall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Duvall by day and by night
On a workday 3,730 residents head out to work, 297 work right here, and 1,453 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Duvall on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
21% of working residents work in Redmond
Where Duvall clocks in
18% 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.
How far Duvall goes to work
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.
The commute in Duvall is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duvall is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #223 of 285 in Washington. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 4,017 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 55% 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 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 4.4% of Duvall households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Duvall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,806 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700, Duvall comes 895th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Normandy Park WA | 6,609 | $162K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 209 | Wollochet WA | 6,689 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 893 | St. Joseph MI | 7,893 | $84K | 7.3% | 2.0% | 16% | A− |
| 894 | Manville NJ | 10,932 | $93K | 11.7% | 3.1% | 4% | A− |
| 895 | Duvall WA | 9,440 | $197K | 12.8% | 2.5% | 7% | A− |
| 896 | Meridianville AL | 11,150 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
| 897 | Bryans Road MD | 9,371 | $118K | 2.8% | 8.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Duvall, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Duvall: questions
What is the median household income in Duvall?
$197,361 (±$37,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duvall?
12.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duvall?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duvall work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redmond (21%, 8 mi), Seattle (18%, 19 mi), Bellevue (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duvall walkable?
Duvall is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duvall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duvall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duvall
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.