Work & commute · Edgewood

Work & commute in Edgewood, WA

Most working residents leave Edgewood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (12%), Tacoma (11%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 5,791 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,709 Edgewood residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgewood.

5,709live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgewood goes to work

Seattle26.9 mi away

12%681

Tacoma8.3 mi away

11%619

Puyallup3.7 mi away

7%384

Kent11.4 mi away

6%354

Federal Way6 mi away

6%353

Auburn6.1 mi away

6%344

Renton17.6 mi away

4%253

Sumner2.2 mi away

3%197

Bellevue25.9 mi away

3%188

Tukwila16.9 mi away

3%183

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,235

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

How far

How far Edgewood commutes

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

44%

30%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgewood is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgewood are

1,370 jobs are based in Edgewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgewood

1,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Edgewood residents hold

5,791 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+34%

Jobs based in Edgewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,370. 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.