Warm Beach has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
At home: 30% of workers have no commute at all (Washington 20%). Employers in Warm Beach report 137 jobs, against 1,273 working residents. The two grades for Warm Beach are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Warm Beach, in brief
Warm Beach is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Warm Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warm Beach has about 2,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Warm Beach works from home
30% of Warm Beach workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Warm Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Warm Beach: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warm Beach is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #137 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Warm Beach’s grade up ($99,940, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warm Beach could be anywhere from C to A.
Who works in Warm Beach, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,267 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Warm Beach on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Warm Beach spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warm Beach workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 807 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.
18% of working residents work in Everett
Where Warm Beach clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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 Warm Beach, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 137. 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 Warm Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Warm Beach goes to work
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.
In Warm Beach, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warm Beach is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #240 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Warm Beach 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 1,149 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 6.1% of Warm Beach households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warm Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Warm Beach ranks: 1,490th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 14 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,488 | Jackson Township PA | 4,076 | $81K | 5.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,489 | Juniper Canyon OR | 2,666 | $85K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,490 | Warm Beach WA | 3,442 | $100K | 7.5% | 2.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,491 | Carter Township IN | 3,236 | $75K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 19% | B |
| 1,492 | Union Township IN | 2,725 | $78K | 9.7% | 3.1% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Warm Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
How Warm Beach compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warm Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Beach | – | B | C+ | 33 min | $99,940 |
| Kayak Point | under 3% | B+ | D− | 37 min | $119,352 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warm Beach’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 Warm Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Warm Beach?
$99,940 (±$30,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warm Beach?
7.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warm Beach?
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 Warm Beach work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Everett (18%, 16 mi), Seattle (12%, 38 mi), Arlington (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warm Beach walkable?
Warm Beach is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warm Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warm Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warm Beach
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.