Photo: Jplatts at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes put Yarrow Point near the very top of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.5% of residents, next to 9.9% for Washington as a whole. Measured by household income, Yarrow Point is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Hardly any stay in Yarrow Point for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (34%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Yarrow Point in brief
Most Yarrow Point residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Yarrow Point is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Yarrow Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Yarrow Point has about 800 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Yarrow Point and Seattle trade workers both ways
Seattle is the top workplace for Yarrow Point residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Yarrow Point come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 394 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Yarrow Point’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Yarrow Point is among the top U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Yarrow Point’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Yarrow Point’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Yarrow Point stays A+.
Where in the region Yarrow Point works
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.
Yarrow Point by day and by night
On a workday 394 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Yarrow Point on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Yarrow Point work
Where Yarrow Point clocks in
34% 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.
Most jobs in Yarrow Point are in services
52 jobs are based in Yarrow Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yarrow Point, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 52. 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 Yarrow Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Yarrow Point
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yarrow Point workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 34% 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.
Yarrow Point is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 572 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 64.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 1.6% of Yarrow Point households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Yarrow Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Yarrow Point ranks 17th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 18 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 31 | Ames Lake WA | 1,245 | $250K | 1.1% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | McMillin WA | 1,348 | $141K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Yarrow Point, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Yarrow Point and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Kirkland (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yarrow Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarrow Point | – | A+ | A | 19 min | $250,000+ |
| Kirkland | 6% | A | A+ | 24 min | $150,414 |
| Hunts Point | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Clyde Hill | 3% | A | A+ | 18 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Hunts Point: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yarrow Point’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Yarrow Point: questions
What is the median household income in Yarrow Point?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yarrow Point?
4.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yarrow Point?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yarrow Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (34%, 6 mi), Bellevue (14%, 4 mi), Redmond (12%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yarrow Point walkable?
Yarrow Point is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yarrow Point without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yarrow Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yarrow Point
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.