Work & commute · Ames Lake

Work & commute in Ames Lake, WA

Most working residents leave Ames Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Redmond (22%), Seattle (22%) and Bellevue (13%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 743 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 740 Ames Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ames Lake.

740live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ames Lake goes to work

Redmond7.8 mi away

22%166

Seattle18.2 mi away

22%166

Bellevue9.5 mi away

13%96

Kirkland12.1 mi away

5%39

Issaquah7.6 mi away

4%31

Union Hill-Novelty Hill4.4 mi away

4%27

Everett25 mi away

2%12

Bothell14.9 mi away

1%11

Sammamish4.5 mi away

1%11

Kent20.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%174

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ames Lake commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

50%

39%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ames Lake is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ames Lake are

76 jobs are based in Ames Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ames Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ames Lake

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Ames Lake residents hold

743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+69%

Jobs based in Ames Lake, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 76. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.