Work & commute · Chain Lake

Work & commute in Chain Lake, WA

Most working residents leave Chain Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (14%), Everett (13%) and Redmond (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 2,408 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 2,396 Chain Lake residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chain Lake.

2,396live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chain Lake goes to work

Seattle25.9 mi away

14%340

Everett10.2 mi away

13%307

Redmond16.6 mi away

7%169

Monroe2.9 mi away

7%162

Bellevue22.5 mi away

7%161

Snohomish5.2 mi away

5%116

Kirkland17.4 mi away

4%94

Bothell13.4 mi away

4%85

Woodinville12.4 mi away

3%64

Lynnwood15.4 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%866

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

How far

How far Chain Lake commutes

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

20%

53%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chain Lake 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 Chain Lake are

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

Jobs based in Chain Lake

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Chain Lake residents hold

2,408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+72%

Jobs based in Chain Lake, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 290. 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.