Work & commute · Three Lakes

Work & commute in Three Lakes, WA

Most working residents leave Three Lakes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (14%), Everett (14%) and Snohomish (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,735 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,726 Three Lakes residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Lakes.

1,726live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Lakes goes to work

Seattle27.6 mi away

14%249

Everett9.1 mi away

14%242

Snohomish4.6 mi away

6%103

Monroe5.5 mi away

6%100

Bellevue24.8 mi away

6%98

Redmond18.9 mi away

5%81

Kirkland19.4 mi away

4%67

Bothell15 mi away

3%48

Renton33.1 mi away

2%39

Lynnwood16.1 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%674

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

How far

How far Three Lakes commutes

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

22%

44%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Lakes is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Three Lakes

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Three Lakes residents hold

1,735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+49%

Jobs based in Three Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 195. 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.