Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Snohomish (10.6%) is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Snohomish grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 94.7 in Seattle. Working from home is the commute for 12% of workers, next to 20% for Washington as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Snohomish
The figures behind Snohomish’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Snohomish is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #178 of 285 in Washington. Job access by car holds Snohomish’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Snohomish could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
15% of working residents work in Everett
Where Snohomish clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
Snohomish by day and by night
On a workday 4,494 residents head out to work, 469 work right here, and 5,756 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Snohomish on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 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 6,225 jobs based in Snohomish
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snohomish, 2013 → 2023: 4,910 → 6,225. 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 Snohomish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Snohomish: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snohomish workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,995 commuters (the 12% 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 commute from Snohomish, by distance
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.
Snohomish is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Snohomish is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #53 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Snohomish 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 4,542 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 71% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 3.4% of Snohomish households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Snohomish’s commuters take a bus or train.
Snohomish is 1,294th of 2,280 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 43 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Edgewood WA | 13,548 | $116K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,292 | St. Joseph Township MI | 9,703 | $95K | 8.6% | 6.8% | 7% | B− |
| 1,293 | Wellington CO | 12,169 | $107K | 8.8% | 6.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,294 | Snohomish WA | 10,719 | $87K | 6.7% | 10.6% | 9% | B− |
| 1,295 | German Flatts NY | 11,969 | $68K | 13.7% | 2.0% | 14% | B− |
| 1,296 | Lake Township OH | 11,357 | $72K | 11.2% | 4.5% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,280 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Snohomish, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Work in the towns next to Snohomish
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Snohomish workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish | – | B− | A | 29 min | $87,250 |
| Fobes Hill | under 3% | B+ | B− | 34 min | $133,553 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Snohomish’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 Snohomish: questions
What is the median household income in Snohomish?
$87,250 (±$12,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snohomish?
6.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snohomish?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snohomish work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (15%, 5 mi), Seattle (14%, 24 mi), Bellevue (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Snohomish walkable?
Snohomish is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Snohomish without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snohomish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snohomish
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.