Work & commute · Ravensdale

Work & commute in Ravensdale, WA

Most working residents leave Ravensdale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Kent (12%) and Maple Valley (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 282 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 282 Ravensdale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravensdale.

282live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravensdale goes to work

Seattle24.8 mi away

13%38

Kent11.1 mi away

12%34

Maple Valley2.6 mi away

7%20

Bellevue18.3 mi away

6%17

Renton12.9 mi away

5%14

Issaquah13.2 mi away

4%12

Auburn11.5 mi away

4%11

Tukwila15.9 mi away

4%10

Redmond22.7 mi away

4%10

Enumclaw11 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%107

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

How far

How far Ravensdale commutes

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

16%

69%

10%

16%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravensdale is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravensdale are

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

Jobs based in Ravensdale

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Ravensdale residents hold

282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−6%

Jobs based in Ravensdale, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 107. 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.