Work & commute · Tukwila

Work & commute in Tukwila, WA

Most working residents leave Tukwila for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (36%), SeaTac (9%) and Renton (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

748 of 10,044 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,296 Tukwila residents head out of town to work, 748 work right here, and 41,756 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tukwila.

9,296live here, work elsewhere

748live and work here

41,756work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tukwila goes to work

Seattle10.5 mi away

36%3,649

SeaTac2.5 mi away

9%927

Tukwila (in town)right here

7%748

Renton3.8 mi away

7%706

Bellevue10 mi away

6%610

Kent6.6 mi away

6%601

Burien3.2 mi away

2%215

Auburn12.2 mi away

2%197

Tacoma17.7 mi away

2%191

Redmond15.8 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%2,040

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

How far

How far Tukwila commutes

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

58%

34%

58%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tukwila is a job hub

4.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tukwila are

42,504 jobs are based in Tukwila. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tukwila’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tukwila

42,504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Tukwila residents hold

10,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+1%

Jobs based in Tukwila, 2013 → 2023: 41,980 → 42,504. 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.