Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, WA

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Redmond (9%) and Everett (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,024 of 9,195 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

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,171 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 1,024 work right here, and 6,366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

8,171live here, work elsewhere

1,024live and work here

6,366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Seattle23.8 mi away

15%1,344

Monroe (in town)right here

11%1,024

Redmond14 mi away

9%832

Everett11.8 mi away

8%699

Bellevue19.8 mi away

7%658

Kirkland15.2 mi away

5%472

Bothell11.8 mi away

4%358

Woodinville10.3 mi away

2%205

Lynnwood14.8 mi away

2%173

Maltby6.9 mi away

2%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%3,258

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

20%

59%

13%

20%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

7,390 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

7,390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

9,195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+6%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 6,969 → 7,390. 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.