Work & commute · Redmond

Work & commute in Redmond, WA

About one in 3 of Redmond’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seattle (27%), Bellevue (13%) and Kirkland (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

12,262 of 37,808 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,546 Redmond residents head out of town to work, 12,262 work right here, and 106,681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redmond.

25,546live here, work elsewhere

12,262live and work here

106,681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redmond goes to work

Redmond (in town)right here

32%12,262

Seattle11.7 mi away

27%10,189

Bellevue5.9 mi away

13%5,085

Kirkland4.3 mi away

5%1,972

Everett19.9 mi away

1%543

Bothell7.8 mi away

1%529

Issaquah9.5 mi away

1%521

Renton14.2 mi away

1%520

Lynnwood13.5 mi away

1%354

Tukwila15.8 mi away

1%329

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%5,504

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

How far

How far Redmond commutes

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

64%

29%

64%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redmond is a job hub

3.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Redmond are

118,943 jobs are based in Redmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redmond

118,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Redmond residents hold

37,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

+29%

Jobs based in Redmond, 2013 → 2023: 92,401 → 118,943. 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.