Work & commute · Mill Creek

Work & commute in Mill Creek, WA

Most working residents leave Mill Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (25%), Everett (14%) and Bellevue (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

293 of 9,420 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,127 Mill Creek residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 5,978 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mill Creek.

9,127live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

5,978work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mill Creek goes to work

Seattle18.2 mi away

25%2,312

Everett6.8 mi away

14%1,331

Bellevue18.6 mi away

8%755

Redmond13.5 mi away

6%574

Bothell6.2 mi away

5%469

Kirkland11.5 mi away

4%400

Lynnwood5 mi away

3%319

Mill Creek (in town)right here

3%293

Renton26.6 mi away

2%156

Woodinville7.9 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,698

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

How far

How far Mill Creek commutes

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

38%

48%

38%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mill Creek is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mill Creek are

6,271 jobs are based in Mill Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mill Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mill Creek

6,271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Mill Creek residents hold

9,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+32%

Jobs based in Mill Creek, 2013 → 2023: 4,745 → 6,271. 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.