Work & commute · Martha Lake

Work & commute in Martha Lake, WA

Most working residents leave Martha Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (24%), Everett (11%) and Bellevue (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 10,558 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,459 Martha Lake residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Martha Lake.

10,459live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Martha Lake goes to work

Seattle16.5 mi away

24%2,510

Everett8.3 mi away

11%1,187

Bellevue17.4 mi away

9%913

Redmond12.8 mi away

8%816

Lynnwood3.3 mi away

5%544

Bothell5.1 mi away

5%499

Kirkland10.3 mi away

4%469

Edmonds6 mi away

2%203

Mill Creek1.8 mi away

2%179

Woodinville7.2 mi away

2%163

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%3,075

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

How far

How far Martha Lake commutes

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

39%

49%

39%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Martha Lake is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Martha Lake are

1,798 jobs are based in Martha Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martha Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Martha Lake

1,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Martha Lake residents hold

10,558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+67%

Jobs based in Martha Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,078 → 1,798. 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.