Work & commute · Picnic Point

Work & commute in Picnic Point, WA

Most working residents leave Picnic Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (27%), Everett (15%) and Lynnwood (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 4,753 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 4,700 Picnic Point residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Picnic Point.

4,700live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Picnic Point goes to work

Seattle17.9 mi away

27%1,273

Everett8 mi away

15%724

Lynnwood3.3 mi away

6%305

Bellevue20.5 mi away

5%260

Redmond16.4 mi away

4%172

Bothell8.6 mi away

3%156

Mukilteo2.5 mi away

3%153

Kirkland13.3 mi away

3%141

Edmonds4.9 mi away

3%135

Shoreline8.5 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,348

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

How far

How far Picnic Point commutes

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

41%

45%

41%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Picnic Point is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Picnic Point are

866 jobs are based in Picnic Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Picnic Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Picnic Point

866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Picnic Point residents hold

4,753 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+34%

Jobs based in Picnic Point, 2013 → 2023: 648 → 866. 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.