Snoqualmie Pass draws 1,044 commuters a day, with 7.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Snoqualmie Pass itself; outside it, Cle Elum draws the most (16%, 26 miles). There are 1,054 jobs in Snoqualmie Pass, and 148 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Snoqualmie Pass’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 138 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Snoqualmie Pass on a workday afternoon, 212% more 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.
Where the people who work in Snoqualmie Pass live
Where Snoqualmie Pass clocks in
16% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snoqualmie Pass, 2014 → 2024: 417 → 1,054. 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 Snoqualmie Pass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Snoqualmie Pass
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snoqualmie Pass workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 30% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Snoqualmie Pass
About 24% 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.
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 Snoqualmie Pass: questions
What is the median household income in Snoqualmie Pass?
$140,054 (±$91,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snoqualmie Pass?
5.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snoqualmie Pass?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snoqualmie Pass work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cle Elum (16%, 26 mi), Seattle (16%, 46 mi), Redmond (11%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Snoqualmie Pass without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snoqualmie Pass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snoqualmie Pass
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.