Lake Roesiger has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For 37% of workers, the job is at home, where Washington as a whole has 20%. Employers in Lake Roesiger report 35 jobs for 265 working residents. Hardly any work in Lake Roesiger itself; outside it, Everett draws the most (17%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Roesiger and work: the main findings
Lake Roesiger is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Lake Roesiger, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Roesiger has about 590 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Roesiger workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Lake Roesiger works from home
37% of Lake Roesiger workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. 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 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Lake Roesiger, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 265 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Lake Roesiger on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Getting to work from Lake Roesiger takes about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Roesiger workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 37% 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.
Where Lake Roesiger goes to work
Where Lake Roesiger clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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: 66% of Lake Roesiger’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Roesiger, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 35. 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 Lake Roesiger’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Lake Roesiger commutes
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 Lake Roesiger: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Roesiger?
$119,586 (±$33,994) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Roesiger?
17.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Roesiger?
45 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Roesiger work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (17%, 13 mi), Seattle (13%, 32 mi), Granite Falls (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake Roesiger without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Roesiger, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Roesiger
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.