Sara Store · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0Felida’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Felida is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). 1.9% of residents are in poverty; Washington has 9.9%. 28% of workers have no commute at all, against 20% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Felida stands out on work
Felida is a place people come home to
There are 733 jobs based in Felida, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Felida has about 7,700 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Felida and Vancouver trade workers both ways
Vancouver is the top workplace for Felida residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Felida come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Felida
28% of Felida workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
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 Felida
The poverty rate holds Felida’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Felida could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Felida
On a workday 3,797 residents head out to work, 109 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,700 people are in Felida on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
32% of working residents work in Vancouver
Where Felida clocks in
32% 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 23 minutes to work from Felida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Felida workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,165 commuters (the 28% 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 733 jobs in Felida are
733 jobs are based in Felida.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Felida, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 733. 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 Felida’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Felida
About 21% 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.
Felida is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% of 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 5,811 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 31% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 2.1% of Felida households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Felida’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Felida ranks: 386th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | Weston CT | 10,517 | $250K | 1.8% | 5.2% | 8% | A |
| 385 | Travis Ranch TX | 9,025 | $84K | 7.3% | 0.7% | <1% | A |
| 386 | Felida WA | 10,841 | $165K | 1.9% | 4.3% | 3% | A |
| 387 | Park City UT | 8,587 | $134K | 6.5% | 0.8% | 42% | A |
| 388 | Jackson WI | 8,322 | $93K | 6.0% | 1.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Felida, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Felida and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Salmon Creek (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Felida workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felida | – | A | B+ | 23 min | $165,208 |
| Salmon Creek | 2% | A− | A | 23 min | $111,631 |
| Lake Shore | under 2% | A− | B+ | 28 min | $130,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Felida’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 Felida: questions
What is the median household income in Felida?
$165,208 (±$21,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Felida?
1.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Felida?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Felida work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (32%, 8 mi), Portland (14%, 13 mi), Mount Vista (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Felida walkable?
Felida is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Felida without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Felida, from the people who make the trip.
More of Felida
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.