Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Everett draws 82,129 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Everett grades B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. 95,321 jobs are based in Everett for 47,877 working residents. About one in four stay in Everett for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (15%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Everett in brief
Everett is where the jobs are
Everett has 95,321 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 161,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 114,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Everett pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Everett pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Everett’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Everett is Seattle, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (7,221) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Everett makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Everett are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Everett residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Everett draws workers from far and wide
The 95,321 jobs in Everett are filled from a wide area. Everett’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Everett’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Everett is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #174 of 285 in Washington. Job access by car holds Everett’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Everett could be anywhere from B− to B.
In and out of Everett on a workday
On a workday 34,685 residents head out to work and 13,192 work right here.
About 161,000 people are in Everett on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Everett
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Everett, 2013 → 2023: 89,063 → 95,321. 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 Everett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Everett works
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.
Where Everett’s workers come from
Where Everett clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Everett’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Everett workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49,972 commuters (the 13% 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.
Everett is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 57,254 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 51% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 19.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 8.0% of Everett households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Everett’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Everett is 223rd of 375 U.S. towns of 79,000 to 153,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
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| 50 | Kirkland WA | 97,410 | $150K | 6.1% | 4.6% | 11% | A |
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| 52 | Redmond WA | 82,506 | $163K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 32% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Renton WA | 104,975 | $100K | 8.1% | 4.9% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 221 | Mesquite TX | 150,693 | $73K | 13.4% | 5.4% | 12% | B− |
| 222 | Fayetteville AR | 106,623 | $63K | 20.6% | 4.0% | 45% | B− |
| 223 | Everett WA | 113,567 | $84K | 12.9% | 5.8% | 28% | B− |
| 224 | Richmond CA | 114,861 | $95K | 13.5% | 8.3% | 10% | B− |
| 225 | Springdale AR | 90,685 | $70K | 13.4% | 3.7% | 36% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 375 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Everett, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Everett and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mukilteo (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Everett’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 Everett: questions
What is the median household income in Everett?
$83,512 (±$2,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Everett?
12.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Everett?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Everett work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (15%, 25 mi), Bellevue (4%, 25 mi), Lynnwood (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Everett walkable?
Everett is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Everett without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 51% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Everett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Everett
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.