Photo: Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC1 Nathan Lockwood/U.S. Navy · Public domainHouseholds in Mukilteo have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 9.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 94.7 in Seattle. Poverty touches 5.7% of residents; Washington has 9.9%. Mukilteo grades A for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mukilteo, in a few figures
Mukilteo trades workers with the towns around it
Mukilteo has about as many jobs (9,195) as working residents (9,605), but they are mostly different people: 9,161 residents leave for work each day while 8,751 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Mukilteo are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Mukilteo makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Mukilteo are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mukilteo residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Mukilteo and Everett trade workers both ways
Everett is the top workplace for Mukilteo residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Mukilteo come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mukilteo draws workers from far and wide
The 9,195 jobs in Mukilteo are filled from a wide area. Mukilteo’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 35%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Mukilteo pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Mukilteo pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Mukilteo’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income is its strongest input ($132,861, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Mukilteo could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Mukilteo
On a workday 9,161 residents head out to work, 444 work right here, and 8,751 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 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.
Making and building: 49% of jobs based in Mukilteo
9,195 jobs are based in Mukilteo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mukilteo, 2013 → 2023: 8,565 → 9,195. 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 Mukilteo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Everett
Where Mukilteo clocks in
23% of workers
22% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the WA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mukilteo workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,247 commuters (the 27% 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 Mukilteo
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.
In Mukilteo, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mukilteo is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #116 of 285 in Washington. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,255 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 91% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 2.9% of Mukilteo households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Mukilteo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mukilteo next to U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000: 258th of 1,787 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Mercer Island WA | 25,422 | $219K | 3.8% | 3.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Bothell West WA | 22,029 | $153K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 208 | Cottage Lake WA | 22,518 | $213K | 3.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Mokena IL | 19,897 | $124K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| 257 | Point Pleasant NJ | 19,712 | $116K | 4.5% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 258 | Mukilteo WA | 21,239 | $133K | 5.7% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 259 | Lemont Township IL | 23,223 | $121K | 3.9% | 4.5% | 11% | A |
| 260 | Green Oak Township MI | 19,901 | $119K | 3.2% | 3.8% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Mukilteo, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Mukilteo and its neighbors: 23% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mukilteo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukilteo | – | A | A− | 26 min | $132,861 |
| Picnic Point | under 2% | A− | A− | 30 min | $129,734 |
| Everett | 23% | B− | A+ | 27 min | $83,512 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Everett. Darker towns draw more of Mukilteo’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 Mukilteo: questions
What is the median household income in Mukilteo?
$132,861 (±$17,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mukilteo?
5.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mukilteo?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mukilteo work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (23%, 6 mi), Seattle (22%, 20 mi), Bellevue (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mukilteo walkable?
Mukilteo is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mukilteo without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mukilteo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mukilteo
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.