Work & commute · Maple Valley

Work & commute in Maple Valley, WA

Most working residents leave Maple Valley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (18%), Kent (9%) and Bellevue (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,041 of 13,780 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,739 Maple Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,041 work right here, and 4,646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Valley.

12,739live here, work elsewhere

1,041live and work here

4,646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Valley goes to work

Seattle22.9 mi away

18%2,422

Kent8.5 mi away

9%1,205

Maple Valley (in town)right here

8%1,041

Bellevue16.9 mi away

7%1,015

Renton10.8 mi away

7%967

Issaquah12.4 mi away

5%637

Auburn9.3 mi away

4%548

Redmond21.8 mi away

4%530

Tukwila13.6 mi away

3%463

Tacoma21.4 mi away

3%455

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,497

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

How far

How far Maple Valley commutes

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

20%

64%

11%

20%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Valley is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Valley are

5,687 jobs are based in Maple Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maple Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maple Valley

5,687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Maple Valley residents hold

13,780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+87%

Jobs based in Maple Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,049 → 5,687. 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.