Work & commute · North Bend

Work & commute in North Bend, WA

Most working residents leave North Bend for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (24%), Bellevue (12%) and Snoqualmie (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 4,078 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 3,812 North Bend residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 2,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Bend.

3,812live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

2,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Bend goes to work

Seattle28.7 mi away

24%987

Bellevue19.6 mi away

12%471

Snoqualmie6 mi away

7%285

Redmond20.8 mi away

7%269

North Bend (in town)right here

7%266

Issaquah14.1 mi away

6%258

Kirkland24.9 mi away

3%113

Renton19.9 mi away

2%97

Kent21.9 mi away

2%92

Everett38.1 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,166

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

How far

How far North Bend commutes

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

17%

39%

17%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Bend is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Bend are

2,649 jobs are based in North Bend. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Bend

2,649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs North Bend residents hold

4,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+11%

Jobs based in North Bend, 2013 → 2023: 2,387 → 2,649. 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.