High Steel Bridge · Photo: Dog Walking Girl · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Skokomish
A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes, next to 27 for Washington and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 20% for Washington as a whole. About one in four work in Skokomish itself; outside it, Seattle draws the most (8%, 43 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Skokomish in brief
Skokomish’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Skokomish is Seattle, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (25) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The jobs in Skokomish pay better than its residents’ jobs
64% of the jobs based in Skokomish pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Skokomish residents hold. 71% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Skokomish. The jobs ↓
Skokomish workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Skokomish, by distance
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Skokomish
300 jobs are based in Skokomish.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skokomish, 2014 → 2024: 284 → 300. 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 Skokomish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Skokomish
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skokomish workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 7% 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.
Skokomish on a workday afternoon
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 214 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 (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Skokomish to work: where people go
Where Skokomish clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
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 Skokomish: questions
What is the median household income in Skokomish?
$58,958 (±$10,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skokomish?
20.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skokomish?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skokomish work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (8%, 43 mi), Shelton (4%, 7 mi), Tacoma (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Skokomish without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skokomish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skokomish
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.