Photo: Konrad Roeder · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Skykomish earns its living
There are 66 jobs in Skykomish for 77 working residents. Only 1% work in Skykomish; the top destination outside it is Seattle (23%, 47 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Skykomish, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 65 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 (0.86 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.
The places Skykomish commutes to
Where Skykomish clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Skykomish
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skykomish, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 66. 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 Skykomish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Skykomish’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skykomish workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 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.
How many miles Skykomish commutes
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.
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 Skykomish: questions
What is the median household income in Skykomish?
$62,917 (±$19,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skykomish?
17.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skykomish?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skykomish work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (23%, 47 mi), Bellevue (14%, 38 mi), Snoqualmie (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Skykomish without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skykomish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skykomish
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.