Work & commute · Newcastle

Work & commute in Newcastle, WA

Most working residents leave Newcastle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (33%), Bellevue (18%) and Redmond (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 6,042 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 5,956 Newcastle residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 2,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newcastle.

5,956live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

2,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newcastle goes to work

Seattle10.4 mi away

33%1,998

Bellevue4.3 mi away

18%1,101

Redmond10.1 mi away

9%569

Renton4.1 mi away

6%368

Issaquah5.1 mi away

3%191

Kirkland11.3 mi away

3%187

Tukwila6.5 mi away

3%185

Kent10.3 mi away

3%171

SeaTac8.8 mi away

2%101

Newcastle (in town)right here

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%1,085

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

How far

How far Newcastle commutes

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

67%

25%

67%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newcastle is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newcastle are

2,416 jobs are based in Newcastle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newcastle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newcastle

2,416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Newcastle residents hold

6,042 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+41%

Jobs based in Newcastle, 2013 → 2023: 1,718 → 2,416. 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.