Work & commute · Brier

Work & commute in Brier, WA

Most working residents leave Brier for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (34%), Everett (7%) and Bellevue (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 3,106 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,076 Brier residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brier.

3,076live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brier goes to work

Seattle12.5 mi away

34%1,058

Everett12.3 mi away

7%220

Bellevue14.5 mi away

6%197

Redmond10.8 mi away

6%177

Lynnwood2.8 mi away

5%149

Bothell3.5 mi away

4%137

Kirkland7.3 mi away

4%133

Shoreline4.1 mi away

2%75

Mountlake Terrace1.4 mi away

2%70

Edmonds4 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%824

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

How far

How far Brier commutes

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

41%

48%

41%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brier is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brier are

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

Jobs based in Brier

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Brier residents hold

3,106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+50%

Jobs based in Brier, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 360. 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.