Red Men Hall · Photo: Carnuck · CC0Most of Index commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Index itself; outside it, Seattle draws the most (16%, 40 miles). Index has 26 jobs for 64 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Index, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Index on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where Index’s working residents head each day
Where Index clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Index are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Index, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 26. 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 Index’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 40 minutes in Index
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Index workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Index
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.
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 Index: questions
What is the poverty rate in Index?
13.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Index?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Index work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (16%, 40 mi), Monroe (8%, 20 mi), Bellevue (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Index without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Index, from the people who make the trip.
More of Index
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.