Work & commute · Edmonds

Work & commute in Edmonds, WA

Most working residents leave Edmonds for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (35%), Lynnwood (7%) and Everett (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,382 of 19,050 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 17,668 Edmonds residents head out of town to work, 1,382 work right here, and 11,512 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edmonds.

17,668live here, work elsewhere

1,382live and work here

11,512work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edmonds goes to work

Seattle13.4 mi away

35%6,621

Edmonds (in town)right here

7%1,382

Lynnwood2.7 mi away

7%1,323

Everett12.7 mi away

7%1,321

Bellevue17.5 mi away

6%1,084

Redmond14.5 mi away

3%623

Shoreline3.9 mi away

3%572

Kirkland10.6 mi away

3%528

Bothell7.4 mi away

2%465

Renton24.2 mi away

1%260

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%4,871

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

How far

How far Edmonds commutes

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

37%

50%

37%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edmonds is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edmonds are

12,894 jobs are based in Edmonds. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edmonds’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edmonds

12,894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Edmonds residents hold

19,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+24%

Jobs based in Edmonds, 2013 → 2023: 10,360 → 12,894. 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.