Freeland has 1.2 jobs for every working resident: 976 people commute in to work
Jobs & income C: better than 27% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 60% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Washington 27, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Freeland; the top destination outside it is Seattle (16%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Freeland
What’s behind Freeland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Freeland is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Freeland’s grade up ($83,241, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Freeland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Freeland could be anywhere from D to B−.
Half of Freeland commutes less than 21 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Freeland fills up on a workday
On a workday 781 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 976 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Freeland on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 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.
16% of working residents work in Seattle
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Freeland clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,037 jobs in Freeland are
1,037 jobs are based in Freeland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freeland, 2013 → 2023: 1,052 → 1,037. 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the WA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freeland workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Freeland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Freeland is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 586 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 4.3% of Freeland households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Freeland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Freeland is 3,563rd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Freeland, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Plainfield VT | 1,218 | $69K | 11.6% | 0.5% | 7% | C |
| 3,562 | Rio VA | 1,252 | $56K | 22.2% | 8.0% | 5% | C |
| 3,563 | Freeland WA | 1,548 | $83K | 12.1% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 3,564 | Maggie Valley NC | 1,748 | $68K | 14.7% | 2.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,565 | Hughesville PA | 2,089 | $65K | 16.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
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 Freeland: questions
What is the median household income in Freeland?
$83,241 (±$17,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freeland?
12.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freeland?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freeland work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (16%, 30 mi), Everett (7%, 17 mi), Langley (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Freeland walkable?
Freeland is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Freeland 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 Freeland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freeland
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.