Work & commute · Lake Forest Park

Work & commute in Lake Forest Park, WA

Most working residents leave Lake Forest Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (45%), Bellevue (6%) and Redmond (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

97 of 6,288 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,191 Lake Forest Park residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 1,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Forest Park.

6,191live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

1,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Forest Park goes to work

Seattle10 mi away

45%2,805

Bellevue12.8 mi away

6%390

Redmond9.9 mi away

5%325

Everett14.8 mi away

4%278

Shoreline2.5 mi away

4%272

Bothell4.2 mi away

4%234

Kirkland5.9 mi away

3%215

Lynnwood4.9 mi away

2%127

Lake Forest Park (in town)right here

2%97

Edmonds4.7 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,452

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

How far

How far Lake Forest Park commutes

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

51%

39%

51%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Forest Park is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Forest Park are

1,695 jobs are based in Lake Forest Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Forest Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Forest Park

1,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lake Forest Park residents hold

6,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+24%

Jobs based in Lake Forest Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,363 → 1,695. 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.