Work & commute · Shoreline

Work & commute in Shoreline, WA

Most working residents leave Shoreline for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (47%), Bellevue (6%) and Everett (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,915 of 27,373 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 25,458 Shoreline residents head out of town to work, 1,915 work right here, and 13,884 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shoreline.

25,458live here, work elsewhere

1,915live and work here

13,884work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shoreline goes to work

Seattle9.6 mi away

47%12,812

Shoreline (in town)right here

7%1,915

Bellevue14.1 mi away

6%1,719

Everett15.8 mi away

4%1,178

Redmond12 mi away

4%975

Lynnwood5.4 mi away

3%779

Kirkland7.8 mi away

3%760

Bothell6.6 mi away

2%630

Edmonds3.9 mi away

2%628

Renton20.4 mi away

1%342

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%5,635

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

How far

How far Shoreline commutes

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

51%

40%

51%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shoreline is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shoreline are

15,799 jobs are based in Shoreline. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shoreline’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shoreline

15,799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Shoreline residents hold

27,373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+7%

Jobs based in Shoreline, 2013 → 2023: 14,827 → 15,799. 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.