Work & commute · Sammamish

Work & commute in Sammamish, WA

Most working residents leave Sammamish for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (28%), Redmond (22%) and Bellevue (13%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,046 of 32,220 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,174 Sammamish residents head out of town to work, 1,046 work right here, and 5,634 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sammamish.

31,174live here, work elsewhere

1,046live and work here

5,634work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sammamish goes to work

Seattle14.7 mi away

28%9,088

Redmond6.8 mi away

22%7,211

Bellevue5.6 mi away

13%4,260

Issaquah3.4 mi away

6%2,007

Kirkland10.5 mi away

4%1,128

Sammamish (in town)right here

3%1,046

Renton10.8 mi away

2%690

Kent16.3 mi away

2%531

Bothell14.6 mi away

1%438

Tukwila13.8 mi away

1%434

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%5,387

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

How far

How far Sammamish commutes

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

49%

43%

49%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sammamish is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sammamish are

6,680 jobs are based in Sammamish. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sammamish’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sammamish

6,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Sammamish residents hold

32,220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month84%

+45%

Jobs based in Sammamish, 2013 → 2023: 4,597 → 6,680. 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.