Work & commute · Covington

Work & commute in Covington, WA

Most working residents leave Covington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (19%), Kent (11%) and Renton (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 10,896 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,626 Covington residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 4,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covington.

10,626live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

4,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Covington goes to work

Seattle21 mi away

19%2,092

Kent5.4 mi away

11%1,237

Renton9 mi away

7%790

Bellevue16.3 mi away

7%735

Auburn6.5 mi away

5%492

Issaquah12.7 mi away

4%416

Tacoma18.4 mi away

4%382

Redmond21.6 mi away

3%381

Tukwila11.1 mi away

3%364

Everett41.4 mi away

3%290

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,717

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

How far

How far Covington commutes

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

31%

54%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Covington is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Covington are

4,648 jobs are based in Covington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Covington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Covington

4,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Covington residents hold

10,896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+34%

Jobs based in Covington, 2013 → 2023: 3,479 → 4,648. 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.