Work & commute · Prairie Ridge

Work & commute in Prairie Ridge, WA

Most working residents leave Prairie Ridge for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (11%), Kent (8%) and Auburn (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 5,961 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,936 Prairie Ridge residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie Ridge.

5,936live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairie Ridge goes to work

Seattle34.3 mi away

11%654

Kent17.3 mi away

8%456

Auburn11.5 mi away

8%456

Tacoma16.8 mi away

7%425

Sumner7.6 mi away

6%371

Puyallup7.5 mi away

5%294

Renton23.3 mi away

4%213

Bonney Lake4 mi away

4%210

Tukwila23.8 mi away

3%183

Federal Way14.8 mi away

3%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,522

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

How far

How far Prairie Ridge commutes

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

26%

43%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie Ridge is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie Ridge are

139 jobs are based in Prairie Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prairie Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prairie Ridge

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Prairie Ridge residents hold

5,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−23%

Jobs based in Prairie Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 139. 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.