Work & commute · Lynnwood

Work & commute in Lynnwood, WA

Most working residents leave Lynnwood for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (30%), Everett (9%) and Bellevue (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,614 of 17,607 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,993 Lynnwood residents head out of town to work, 1,614 work right here, and 25,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynnwood.

15,993live here, work elsewhere

1,614live and work here

25,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynnwood goes to work

Seattle14.7 mi away

30%5,284

Everett10.5 mi away

9%1,631

Lynnwood (in town)right here

9%1,614

Bellevue17.3 mi away

7%1,185

Redmond13.5 mi away

4%675

Edmonds2.7 mi away

3%604

Kirkland10.2 mi away

3%518

Bothell5.9 mi away

3%500

Shoreline5.4 mi away

2%409

Mukilteo5.8 mi away

1%249

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,938

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

How far

How far Lynnwood commutes

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

39%

48%

39%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynnwood is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynnwood are

27,276 jobs are based in Lynnwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynnwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynnwood

27,276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lynnwood residents hold

17,607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+8%

Jobs based in Lynnwood, 2013 → 2023: 25,299 → 27,276. 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.