With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Granite Falls works elsewhere
Granite Falls has 894 jobs, against 2,159 working residents. The two grades for Granite Falls are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Granite Falls is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Granite Falls and work: the main findings
Granite Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Granite Falls
74% of Granite Falls residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Granite Falls pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Granite Falls has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Granite Falls went from 648 in 2013 to 894 in 2023, +38%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Granite Falls’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Granite Falls is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #51 of 285 in Washington. The poverty rate holds Granite Falls’ grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Granite Falls could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granite Falls workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,128 commuters (the 12% 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.
The kinds of work in Granite Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granite Falls, 2013 → 2023: 648 → 894. 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 Granite Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Granite Falls
On a workday 2,048 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 783 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Granite Falls on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer 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.
18% of working residents work in Everett
Where Granite Falls clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Granite Falls
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.
Granite Falls is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Granite Falls is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #127 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Granite Falls near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,412 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.4 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). 7.5% of Granite Falls households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Granite Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300, Granite Falls ranks 537th of 3,798 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Lake Holm WA | 3,555 | $177K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 221 | Maple Heights-Lake Desire WA | 4,113 | $143K | 6.0% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 535 | Saranap CA | 5,662 | $157K | 4.1% | 6.0% | 2% | A |
| 536 | La Crescent MN | 5,261 | $85K | 5.7% | 0.5% | 15% | A |
| 537 | Granite Falls WA | 4,686 | $105K | 3.4% | 2.4% | 5% | A |
| 538 | Woodhull Township MI | 3,689 | $94K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 539 | Nottingham NH | 5,490 | $122K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Granite Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door to Granite Falls
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granite Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Falls | – | A | A− | 36 min | $105,136 |
| Lake Bosworth | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Bosworth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granite Falls’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 Granite Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Granite Falls?
$105,136 (±$14,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granite Falls?
3.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granite Falls?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granite Falls work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (18%, 14 mi), Seattle (12%, 37 mi), Bellevue (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Granite Falls walkable?
Granite Falls is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Granite Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granite Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granite Falls
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.