Work & commute · Issaquah

Work & commute in Issaquah, WA

Most working residents leave Issaquah for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (32%), Bellevue (14%) and Redmond (12%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,024 of 18,909 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,885 Issaquah residents head out of town to work, 2,024 work right here, and 28,082 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Issaquah.

16,885live here, work elsewhere

2,024live and work here

28,082work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Issaquah goes to work

Seattle14.6 mi away

32%5,962

Bellevue5.8 mi away

14%2,685

Redmond9.5 mi away

12%2,191

Issaquah (in town)right here

11%2,024

Kirkland12.4 mi away

3%577

Renton7.9 mi away

3%552

Kent13 mi away

2%468

Tukwila11.2 mi away

2%316

Sammamish3.4 mi away

1%232

Bothell17.1 mi away

1%210

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%3,692

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

How far

How far Issaquah commutes

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

40%

51%

40%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Issaquah is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Issaquah are

30,106 jobs are based in Issaquah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Issaquah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Issaquah

30,106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Issaquah residents hold

18,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month83%

+40%

Jobs based in Issaquah, 2013 → 2023: 21,561 → 30,106. 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.