Work & commute · Mountlake Terrace

Work & commute in Mountlake Terrace, WA

Most working residents leave Mountlake Terrace for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (37%), Everett (7%) and Lynnwood (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

323 of 10,751 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,428 Mountlake Terrace residents head out of town to work, 323 work right here, and 5,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountlake Terrace.

10,428live here, work elsewhere

323live and work here

5,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountlake Terrace goes to work

Seattle12.3 mi away

37%3,991

Everett12.7 mi away

7%734

Lynnwood2.4 mi away

6%649

Bellevue15.2 mi away

6%639

Edmonds2.7 mi away

3%372

Kirkland8.1 mi away

3%360

Redmond11.8 mi away

3%356

Shoreline3.2 mi away

3%342

Mountlake Terrace (in town)right here

3%323

Bothell4.8 mi away

3%313

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%2,672

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

How far

How far Mountlake Terrace commutes

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

43%

46%

43%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountlake Terrace is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountlake Terrace are

6,318 jobs are based in Mountlake Terrace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountlake Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountlake Terrace

6,318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Mountlake Terrace residents hold

10,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+10%

Jobs based in Mountlake Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 5,728 → 6,318. 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.