Work & commute · Shadow Lake

Work & commute in Shadow Lake, WA

Most working residents leave Shadow Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (21%), Kent (10%) and Renton (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 1,207 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,206 Shadow Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shadow Lake.

1,206live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shadow Lake goes to work

Seattle19.4 mi away

21%250

Kent6.3 mi away

10%120

Renton7.4 mi away

9%114

Bellevue13.7 mi away

6%75

Auburn9.3 mi away

4%51

Tukwila10.4 mi away

4%50

Issaquah9.7 mi away

3%38

Redmond18.9 mi away

3%37

Tacoma20.7 mi away

3%35

Maple Valley3.4 mi away

3%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%406

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

How far

How far Shadow Lake commutes

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

31%

53%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shadow Lake is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shadow Lake are

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

Jobs based in Shadow Lake

338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Shadow Lake residents hold

1,207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+40%

Jobs based in Shadow Lake, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 338. 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.