Households in Mount Vista have higher incomes than those in 77% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 5.9% of residents, next to 9.9% for Washington as a whole. Jobs and income earn Mount Vista A−; getting around on foot earns it A. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 8.3 in Vancouver.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mount Vista, in brief
Mount Vista and Vancouver trade workers both ways
Vancouver is the top workplace for Mount Vista residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Vista come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mount Vista has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mount Vista went from 3,748 in 2013 to 6,089 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Mount Vista is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Mount Vista pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Mount Vista pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Mount Vista are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Mount Vista’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Vista is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #73 of 285 in Washington. Job access by car holds Mount Vista’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Vista could be anywhere from B to A.
31% of working residents work in Vancouver
Where Mount Vista clocks in
31% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Mount Vista
6,089 jobs are based in Mount Vista.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Vista, 2013 → 2023: 3,748 → 6,089. 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 Mount Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Vista workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,495 commuters (the 26% 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.
In and out of Mount Vista on a workday
On a workday 4,400 residents head out to work, 266 work right here, and 5,823 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Mount Vista on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Mount Vista goes to work
About 17% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Mount Vista
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Vista is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #104 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Mount Vista 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 4,699 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 46% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 3.5% of Mount Vista households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mount Vista’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mount Vista is 770th among 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 48 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 768 | Lisbon ME | 9,919 | $78K | 5.3% | 1.8% | 10% | A− |
| 769 | Center Township PA | 11,998 | $89K | 3.7% | 4.4% | 10% | A− |
| 770 | Mount Vista WA | 10,764 | $100K | 5.9% | 4.3% | 6% | A− |
| 771 | Patchogue NY | 12,486 | $107K | 10.6% | 3.5% | 7% | A− |
| 772 | New Fairfield CT | 13,674 | $138K | 3.6% | 5.8% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Mount Vista, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Mount Vista and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Salmon Creek (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Vista workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vista | – | A− | A | 22 min | $100,293 |
| Barberton | under 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $133,990 |
| Salmon Creek | 2% | A− | A | 23 min | $111,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Vista’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 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 Mount Vista: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Vista?
$100,293 (±$9,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Vista?
5.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Vista?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Vista work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vancouver (31%, 7 mi), Portland (17%, 14 mi), Seattle (3%, 131 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Vista walkable?
Mount Vista is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Vista without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Vista
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. 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.