Sisco Heights has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
455 jobs are based in Sisco Heights for 1,500 working residents. Sisco Heights grades A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Sisco Heights, in brief
Sisco Heights makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Sisco Heights are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sisco Heights residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Sisco Heights workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (29 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Sisco Heights is a place people come home to
There are 455 jobs based in Sisco Heights, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sisco Heights has about 2,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Sisco Heights pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Sisco Heights 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Sisco Heights’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sisco Heights is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #71 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Sisco Heights’ grade up ($119,158, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sisco Heights could be anywhere from B to A.
71% of the jobs in Sisco Heights make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sisco Heights, 2014 → 2024: 286 → 455. 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 Sisco Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Sisco Heights: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sisco Heights workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,196 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Sisco Heights
On a workday 1,477 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Sisco Heights on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
21% of working residents work in Everett
Where Sisco Heights clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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 Sisco Heights
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.
Few in Sisco Heights walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sisco Heights is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #278 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Sisco Heights 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 1,384 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 5.9% of Sisco Heights households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sisco Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Sisco Heights is 805th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 803 | Voorheesville NY | 2,846 | $111K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 5% | A− |
| 804 | Prairie Township IN | 3,435 | $82K | 5.2% | 0.3% | 6% | A− |
| 805 | Sisco Heights WA | 3,015 | $119K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 806 | Cuba City WI | 2,103 | $75K | 2.1% | 0.4% | 8% | A− |
| 807 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,378 | $100K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Sisco Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door is work for 14% of Sisco Heights
The biggest share goes to Arlington (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sisco Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisco Heights | – | A− | D− | 35 min | $119,158 |
| Marysville | 6% | B+ | A− | 32 min | $103,974 |
| Arlington | 8% | B− | A− | 30 min | $88,231 |
| Lake Cassidy | under 2% | A | C+ | 29 min | $113,403 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sisco Heights’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 Sisco Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Sisco Heights?
$119,158 (±$7,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sisco Heights?
7.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sisco Heights?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sisco Heights work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (21%, 11 mi), Seattle (13%, 36 mi), Arlington (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sisco Heights walkable?
Sisco Heights is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sisco Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sisco Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sisco Heights
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.