Photo: Flytzjl93 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Roslyn
Only 4% work in Roslyn itself; outside it, Cle Elum draws the most (22%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, where Washington has 27 and the U.S. 26. 541 jobs are based in Roslyn, and 360 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Roslyn, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
53% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Roslyn pay little
47% of the jobs based in Roslyn pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Roslyn is where the jobs are
Roslyn has 541 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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; with 360 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Roslyn
About 53% 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.
The kinds of work in Roslyn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roslyn, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 541. 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 Roslyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Roslyn
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Roslyn on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.5 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.
Commuting in to Roslyn: where workers come from
Where Roslyn clocks in
15% 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.
The daily trip from Roslyn: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roslyn workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 447 commuters (the 16% 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.
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 Roslyn: questions
What is the median household income in Roslyn?
$104,800 (±$30,315) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roslyn?
5.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roslyn?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roslyn work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cle Elum (22%, 10 mi), Seattle (15%, 62 mi), Bellevue (4%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roslyn 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 Roslyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roslyn
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.