Work & commute · Bellevue

Work & commute in Bellevue, WA

About one in 5 of Bellevue’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seattle (32%), Redmond (17%) and Kirkland (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

15,022 of 71,282 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56,260 Bellevue residents head out of town to work, 15,022 work right here, and 134,668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellevue.

56,260live here, work elsewhere

15,022live and work here

134,668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellevue goes to work

Seattle9.2 mi away

32%22,735

Bellevue (in town)right here

21%15,022

Redmond5.9 mi away

17%11,886

Kirkland7.2 mi away

4%2,642

Renton8.3 mi away

3%2,103

Issaquah5.8 mi away

2%1,550

Kent14.6 mi away

2%1,366

Tukwila10 mi away

1%1,001

Bothell12.4 mi away

1%877

Everett25.2 mi away

1%731

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%11,369

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

How far

How far Bellevue commutes

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

74%

19%

74%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellevue is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellevue are

149,690 jobs are based in Bellevue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellevue’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellevue

149,690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Bellevue residents hold

71,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

+23%

Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 121,996 → 149,690. 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.