Agate Pass Bridge · Photo: User:DVD R W · CC BY-SA 3.0At 6.5%, unemployment in Suquamish is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Suquamish are C for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 94.7 in Seattle. About one in seven stay in Suquamish for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (19%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Suquamish, in brief
Suquamish trades workers with the towns around it
Suquamish has about as many jobs (1,705) as working residents (1,617), but they are mostly different people: 1,390 residents leave for work each day while 1,478 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Suquamish are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Suquamish pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Suquamish pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Suquamish is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 11% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
How Suquamish earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Suquamish is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #237 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Suquamish’s grade up ($86,224, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Suquamish could be anywhere from C− to C+.
In and out of Suquamish on a workday
On a workday 1,390 residents head out to work, 227 work right here, and 1,478 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 (1.05 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,705 jobs are based in Suquamish.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suquamish, 2014 → 2024: 1,504 → 1,705. 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 Suquamish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Suquamish to work: where people go
Where Suquamish clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the WA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suquamish workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,458 commuters (the 18% 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 far it is to work from Suquamish
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Suquamish
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Suquamish is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #66 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Suquamish 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 1,782 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 3.3% of Suquamish households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Suquamish’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,867th of 4,023: where Suquamish ranks among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,865 | Riverside MO | 4,581 | $52K | 17.3% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 2,866 | Green Township PA | 3,388 | $60K | 12.4% | 3.3% | 7% | C |
| 2,867 | Suquamish WA | 4,084 | $86K | 11.3% | 6.5% | 14% | C |
| 2,868 | Franklin NC | 4,403 | $48K | 12.7% | 2.3% | 32% | C |
| 2,869 | Creedmoor NC | 5,046 | $83K | 18.2% | 8.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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 Suquamish, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Suquamish and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Suquamish’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 Suquamish: questions
What is the median household income in Suquamish?
$86,224 (±$4,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suquamish?
11.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suquamish?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suquamish work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (19%, 13 mi), Poulsbo (9%, 3 mi), Bainbridge Island (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Suquamish walkable?
Suquamish is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Suquamish without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 54% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Suquamish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suquamish
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.