Work & commute · Roslyn

Work & commute in Roslyn, WA

Most working residents leave Roslyn for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cle Elum (22%), Seattle (15%) and Bellevue (4%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 346 Roslyn residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roslyn.

346live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roslyn goes to work

Cle Elum10.3 mi away

22%78

Seattle61.5 mi away

15%53

Bellevue52.6 mi away

4%15

Roslyn (in town)right here

4%14

Ellensburg33.5 mi away

4%13

Snoqualmie Pass15.6 mi away

3%11

Issaquah46.9 mi away

3%10

SeaTac55.5 mi away

2%8

Redmond53.5 mi away

2%7

Kent50.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%145

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

How far

How far Roslyn commutes

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

34%

53%

34%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roslyn is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roslyn are

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

Jobs based in Roslyn

541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Roslyn residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−15%

Jobs based in Roslyn, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 541. 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.