Work & commute · Esperance

Work & commute in Esperance, WA

Most working residents leave Esperance for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (36%), Edmonds (7%) and Lynnwood (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 1,911 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

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,908 Esperance residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Esperance.

1,908live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Esperance goes to work

Seattle12 mi away

36%684

Edmonds1.4 mi away

7%137

Lynnwood3.3 mi away

7%134

Everett13.8 mi away

6%122

Bellevue16.2 mi away

5%98

Shoreline2.5 mi away

4%68

Redmond13.5 mi away

3%63

Kirkland9.5 mi away

3%59

Bothell6.9 mi away

2%46

Mountlake Terrace2.2 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%467

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

How far

How far Esperance commutes

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

42%

46%

42%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Esperance is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Esperance are

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

Jobs based in Esperance

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Esperance residents hold

1,911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+11%

Jobs based in Esperance, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 186. 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.