Work & commute · Renton

Work & commute in Renton, WA

Most working residents leave Renton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (29%), Bellevue (11%) and Kent (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

5,885 of 49,574 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43,689 Renton residents head out of town to work, 5,885 work right here, and 58,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Renton.

43,689live here, work elsewhere

5,885live and work here

58,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Renton goes to work

Seattle12.1 mi away

29%14,497

Renton (in town)right here

12%5,885

Bellevue8.3 mi away

11%5,615

Kent6.2 mi away

6%2,949

Redmond14.2 mi away

5%2,571

Tukwila3.8 mi away

5%2,250

Issaquah7.9 mi away

3%1,551

SeaTac5.4 mi away

3%1,449

Auburn12.1 mi away

2%1,047

Kirkland15 mi away

2%995

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%10,765

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

How far

How far Renton commutes

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

49%

42%

49%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Renton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Renton are

64,554 jobs are based in Renton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Renton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Renton

64,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Renton residents hold

49,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+18%

Jobs based in Renton, 2013 → 2023: 54,898 → 64,554. 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.