With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kayak Point works elsewhere
Kayak Point has 46 jobs for 846 working residents. Jobs and income earn Kayak Point B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kayak Point: the figures worth knowing
Kayak Point is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Kayak Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kayak Point has about 1,100 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Kayak Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 846 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Kayak Point’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kayak Point is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kayak Point’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Kayak Point’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kayak Point could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who works in Kayak Point, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 844 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Kayak Point on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 37 minutes each way for Kayak Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kayak Point workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 commuters (the 11% 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.
19% of working residents work in Everett
Where Kayak Point clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 41% of Kayak Point’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kayak Point, 2014 → 2024: 70 → 46. 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 Kayak Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Kayak Point works
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.
Few in Kayak Point walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kayak Point is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kayak Point 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 862 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 0.0% of Kayak Point households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kayak Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Kayak Point is 1,054th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | McMillin WA | 1,348 | $141K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,052 | Monroe Township OH | 1,649 | $81K | 3.7% | 4.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,053 | Shannon GA | 2,012 | $81K | 8.1% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,054 | Kayak Point WA | 1,883 | $119K | 3.4% | 5.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,055 | North Pekin IL | 1,447 | $80K | 7.7% | 5.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,056 | Russiaville IN | 1,312 | $84K | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Kayak Point, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
The towns around Kayak Point
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kayak Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kayak Point | – | B+ | D− | 37 min | $119,352 |
| Warm Beach | under 3% | B | C+ | 33 min | $99,940 |
| Lake Goodwin | under 3% | A− | D− | 38 min | $105,437 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kayak Point’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 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 Kayak Point: questions
What is the median household income in Kayak Point?
$119,352 (±$9,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kayak Point?
3.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kayak Point?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kayak Point work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (19%, 14 mi), Seattle (11%, 36 mi), Marysville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kayak Point walkable?
Kayak Point is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kayak Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kayak Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kayak Point
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. 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.