Work & commute · Bothell

Work & commute in Bothell, WA

Most working residents leave Bothell for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (26%), Redmond (13%) and Bellevue (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,036 of 22,952 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,916 Bothell residents head out of town to work, 2,036 work right here, and 30,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bothell.

20,916live here, work elsewhere

2,036live and work here

30,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bothell goes to work

Seattle12.7 mi away

26%5,942

Redmond7.8 mi away

13%2,907

Bellevue12.4 mi away

11%2,542

Bothell (in town)right here

9%2,036

Kirkland5.3 mi away

7%1,538

Everett13 mi away

5%1,205

Woodinville2.9 mi away

2%531

Lynnwood5.9 mi away

2%518

Renton20.3 mi away

1%288

Tukwila20.8 mi away

1%234

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%5,211

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

How far

How far Bothell commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bothell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bothell are

32,491 jobs are based in Bothell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bothell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bothell

32,491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Bothell residents hold

22,952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+22%

Jobs based in Bothell, 2013 → 2023: 26,591 → 32,491. 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.