Work & commute · Langley

Work & commute in Langley, WA

Most working residents leave Langley for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Freeland (8%) and Everett (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

39 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 316 Langley residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Langley.

316live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Langley goes to work

Seattle29 mi away

15%54

Langley (in town)right here

11%39

Freeland6.6 mi away

8%29

Everett11.4 mi away

5%16

Clinton5.8 mi away

4%13

Redmond28.3 mi away

2%8

Bellingham49.5 mi away

2%7

Coupeville17.7 mi away

2%6

Lynnwood15.2 mi away

2%6

Oak Harbor20.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%171

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

How far

How far Langley commutes

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

43%

18%

29%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Langley is a job hub

1.55jobs 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 Langley are

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

Jobs based in Langley

552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Langley residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+46%

Jobs based in Langley, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 552. 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.