Work & commute · Enumclaw

Work & commute in Enumclaw, WA

Most working residents leave Enumclaw for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Kent (7%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,042 of 6,124 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,082 Enumclaw residents head out of town to work, 1,042 work right here, and 3,963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Enumclaw.

5,082live here, work elsewhere

1,042live and work here

3,963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Enumclaw goes to work

Enumclaw (in town)right here

17%1,042

Seattle33.4 mi away

13%794

Kent16.7 mi away

7%439

Auburn12.6 mi away

6%354

Tacoma22.4 mi away

4%242

Renton21.4 mi away

4%217

Bellevue28.4 mi away

4%216

Buckley3.1 mi away

2%150

Maple Valley11.6 mi away

2%136

Sumner11.9 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,401

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

How far

How far Enumclaw commutes

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

24%

42%

27%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Enumclaw is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Enumclaw are

5,005 jobs are based in Enumclaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Enumclaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Enumclaw

5,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Enumclaw residents hold

6,124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+19%

Jobs based in Enumclaw, 2013 → 2023: 4,193 → 5,005. 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.