Work & commute · Kenmore

Work & commute in Kenmore, WA

Most working residents leave Kenmore for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (33%), Redmond (11%) and Bellevue (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

286 of 11,428 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,142 Kenmore residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 3,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenmore.

11,142live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

3,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenmore goes to work

Seattle10.2 mi away

33%3,768

Redmond7.9 mi away

11%1,215

Bellevue11.3 mi away

10%1,139

Kirkland4.2 mi away

7%808

Bothell2.6 mi away

6%727

Everett14.9 mi away

4%436

Kenmore (in town)right here

3%286

Lynnwood6 mi away

2%224

Woodinville4.7 mi away

2%200

Shoreline4.6 mi away

1%169

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%2,456

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

How far

How far Kenmore commutes

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

53%

39%

53%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenmore is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenmore are

3,430 jobs are based in Kenmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenmore

3,430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Kenmore residents hold

11,428 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

+25%

Jobs based in Kenmore, 2013 → 2023: 2,748 → 3,430. 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.