Work & commute · Buckley

Work & commute in Buckley, WA

Most working residents leave Buckley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (11%), Enumclaw (8%) and Kent (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 2,294 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,105 Buckley residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 2,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckley.

2,105live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

2,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckley goes to work

Seattle35.2 mi away

11%257

Enumclaw3.1 mi away

8%190

Buckley (in town)right here

8%189

Kent18.2 mi away

6%140

Tacoma21.5 mi away

6%137

Auburn13.3 mi away

5%124

Sumner11.3 mi away

3%76

Renton23.4 mi away

3%75

Puyallup12.8 mi away

3%69

Federal Way18.1 mi away

3%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%969

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

How far

How far Buckley commutes

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

24%

43%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckley are

2,300 jobs are based in Buckley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckley

2,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Buckley residents hold

2,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+2%

Jobs based in Buckley, 2013 → 2023: 2,250 → 2,300. 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.