Photo: Walter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5There are 2.4 jobs in La Conner for every working resident, and 872 people commute in
La Conner has 896 jobs; 372 of its residents have a job. Only 6% stay in La Conner for work; outside it, Mount Vernon is the main destination (12%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 9% of workers (Washington 20%).
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 La Conner
Who leaves La Conner for work, and who comes in
On a workday 348 residents head out to work and 24 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in La Conner on a workday afternoon, 53% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 La Conner’s workforce comes from
Where La Conner clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in La Conner: what the 896 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Conner, 2013 → 2023: 804 → 896. 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 La Conner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for La Conner’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Conner workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 353 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from La Conner
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 La Conner: questions
What is the median household income in La Conner?
$80,385 (±$7,457) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Conner?
6.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Conner?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Conner work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (12%, 8 mi), Seattle (9%, 54 mi), Bellingham (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Conner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Conner, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Conner
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.