Work & commute · Carnation

Work & commute in Carnation, WA

Most working residents leave Carnation for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (19%), Redmond (15%) and Bellevue (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 961 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 946 Carnation residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carnation.

946live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

350work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carnation goes to work

Seattle21.1 mi away

19%178

Redmond10.3 mi away

15%148

Bellevue12.4 mi away

11%103

Issaquah10 mi away

6%60

Kirkland14.6 mi away

4%38

Duvall7.1 mi away

3%28

Everett25.7 mi away

2%21

Snoqualmie7.1 mi away

2%18

Kent22.8 mi away

2%18

Bothell16.7 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%332

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

How far

How far Carnation commutes

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

21%

63%

21%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carnation is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carnation are

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

Jobs based in Carnation

365 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Carnation residents hold

961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+22%

Jobs based in Carnation, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 365. 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.