Work & commute · Black Diamond

Work & commute in Black Diamond, WA

Most working residents leave Black Diamond for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Kent (11%) and Maple Valley (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 2,110 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,073 Black Diamond residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 488 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Diamond.

2,073live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

488work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Diamond goes to work

Seattle26.3 mi away

15%306

Kent10.6 mi away

11%232

Maple Valley3.9 mi away

7%138

Renton14.2 mi away

6%129

Bellevue20.8 mi away

5%106

Auburn9.1 mi away

5%99

Tacoma21.1 mi away

5%97

Issaquah16.3 mi away

4%86

Tukwila16.6 mi away

4%84

Enumclaw7.7 mi away

3%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%779

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

How far

How far Black Diamond commutes

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

21%

59%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Diamond is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Diamond are

525 jobs are based in Black Diamond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Diamond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Black Diamond

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Black Diamond residents hold

2,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+71%

Jobs based in Black Diamond, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 525. 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.