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Jobs & commute in Verlot

Verlot has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Employers in Verlot report 5 jobs for 144 working residents. Hardly any work in Verlot; the top destination outside it is Everett (10%, 22 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Verlot on a workday afternoon

On a workday 143 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

143live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday85
220live here− 140head out to work+ 4come in to work= 85on a workday

About 85 people are in Verlot on a workday afternoon, 62% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Verlot ends

Granite Falls: 8 residents work here (6%)Snohomish: 4 residents work here (3%)Monroe: 4 residents work here (3%)Sumner: 4 residents work here (3%)EdmondsArlington: 7 residents work here (5%)Lake Stevens: 5 residents work here (3%)Bothell: 7 residents work here (5%)Kirkland: 6 residents work here (4%)Everett: 14 residents work here (10%)Seattle: 14 residents work here (10%)VerlotEverettSeattleGranite FallsArlingtonBothellKirklandVerlot
1
Everett22.1 mi away
10%14
2
Seattle43.2 mi away
10%14
3
Granite Falls9.7 mi away
6%8
4
Arlington18.4 mi away
5%7
5
Bothell30.7 mi away
5%7
6
Kirkland34.7 mi away
4%6
7
Lake Stevens17 mi away
3%5
8
Snohomish19.5 mi away
3%4
9
Monroe19.7 mi away
3%4
10
Sumner64.1 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%71
The top trips

Where Verlot clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Verlot

Jobs based in VerlotJobs Verlot residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms20%33%
Trade, transport & utilities20%18%
Services: health, schools, offices60%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month60%17%
Over $3,333 a month20%73%

Who does it

29 or younger20%14%
30 to 540%59%
55 and older80%27%
−29%

Jobs based in Verlot, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 5. 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 Verlot’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Verlot

Working from home
0%

of Verlot workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Verlot gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 82 commuters (the 0% 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

Miles to work from Verlot

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miEverett: 10% · 22.1 miSeattle: 10% · 43.2 miGranite Falls: 6% · 9.7 miArlington: 5% · 18.4 miBothell: 5% · 30.7 miKirkland: 4% · 34.7 miLake Stevens: 3% · 17 miSnohomish: 3% · 19.5 miMonroe: 3% · 19.7 miSumner: 3% · 64.1 miEverett 10%Seattle 10%Granite Falls 6%Arlington 5%Bothell 5%Verlot
VerlotTop destinations (size = commuters)
8%Under 10 mi11 residents
28%10–24 mi40 residents
48%25–50 mi69 residents
17%Over 50 mi24 residents

About 17% 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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Verlot: questions

What is the median household income in Verlot?

$46,944 (±$23,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Verlot?

14.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Verlot work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (10%, 22 mi), Seattle (10%, 43 mi), Granite Falls (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Verlot without a car?

0% 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 Verlot, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Verlot

Verlot home →

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.