Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Hat Island has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Hat Island report 17 jobs for 50 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hat Island for work; outside it, Everett is the main destination (28%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hat Island, and who commutes in
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Hat Island ends
Where Hat Island clocks in
28% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hat Island, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 17. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hat Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hat Island’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Hat Island: questions
Where do people who live in Hat Island work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (28%, 7 mi), Seattle (18%, 27 mi), Arlington (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hat Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hat Island
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.