Work & commute · Woodway

Work & commute in Woodway, WA

Most working residents leave Woodway for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (37%), Bellevue (7%) and Edmonds (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 529 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 514 Woodway residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodway.

514live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodway goes to work

Seattle11.5 mi away

37%196

Bellevue16.8 mi away

7%35

Edmonds2.6 mi away

6%31

Lynnwood5.1 mi away

4%23

Everett15.4 mi away

4%21

Shoreline2.7 mi away

3%18

Kirkland10.5 mi away

3%16

Woodway (in town)right here

3%15

Redmond14.6 mi away

3%14

Bothell8.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%150

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

How far

How far Woodway commutes

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

37%

49%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodway is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodway are

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

Jobs based in Woodway

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Woodway residents hold

529 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+30%

Jobs based in Woodway, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 280. 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.