Household incomes in Mirrormont top those of 98% of U.S. towns
3.2% of residents are in poverty, where Washington as a whole has 9.9%. Mirrormont grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 38% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mirrormont, in a few figures
Home offices are common in Mirrormont
38% of Mirrormont workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Mirrormont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Mirrormont’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 82% of the jobs based in Mirrormont. The jobs ↓
Mirrormont is a place people come home to
There are 370 jobs based in Mirrormont, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mirrormont has about 2,600 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mirrormont makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Mirrormont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mirrormont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Mirrormont’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mirrormont is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #26 of 285 in Washington. Household income is its strongest input ($181,842, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mirrormont could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Mirrormont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mirrormont workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,144 commuters (the 38% 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.
36% of the jobs in Mirrormont make or build things
370 jobs are based in Mirrormont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mirrormont, 2014 → 2024: 315 → 370. 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 Mirrormont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mirrormont by day and by night
On a workday 1,735 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Mirrormont on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in Seattle
Where Mirrormont clocks in
26% 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.
How far it is to work from Mirrormont
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.
In Mirrormont, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mirrormont is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #225 of 285 in Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,856 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 0.6% of Mirrormont households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mirrormont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400, Mirrormont ranks 298th of 4,177 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 12 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 111 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 296 | Monee IL | 5,119 | $92K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| 297 | Mountain Green UT | 3,976 | $150K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 6% | A |
| 298 | Mirrormont WA | 4,019 | $182K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 299 | Sag Harbor NY | 2,841 | $130K | 3.1% | 0.4% | 12% | A |
| 300 | Chagrin Falls OH | 4,073 | $100K | 3.5% | 3.0% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Mirrormont, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Mirrormont and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mirrormont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrormont | – | A | C+ | 36 min | $181,842 |
| Hobart | under 2% | A | B− | 36 min | $160,536 |
| East Renton Highlands | under 2% | A− | A− | 32 min | $142,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mirrormont’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 Mirrormont: questions
What is the median household income in Mirrormont?
$181,842 (±$18,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mirrormont?
3.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mirrormont?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mirrormont work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (26%, 20 mi), Bellevue (11%, 12 mi), Issaquah (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mirrormont walkable?
Mirrormont is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mirrormont without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mirrormont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mirrormont
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.