Seattle

City Commute Profile

Seattle, WA

Where Seattle’s 392,955 resident workers go each day — 59.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Bellevue.

WashingtonLODES 2023 data
54
Commute Score

54 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Seattle at a glance
Employed Residents
392,955
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
59.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
34.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Bellevue
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Seattle proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Seattle commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Seattle

392,955 commutes, one dot at a time

Seattle

Where 392,955 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Seattle, by worker count.

1Seattle0.0 mi235,487
2Bellevue8.4 mi30,499
3Redmond10.4 mi20,828
4Kirkland8.0 mi8,782
5Renton12.0 mi7,814
6Kent17.3 mi6,589
7Tukwila10.5 mi5,717
8SeaTac12.8 mi5,294

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Seattle.

1Seattle0.0 mi235,487
2Bellevue8.4 mi23,886
3Renton12.0 mi15,589
4Kirkland8.0 mi14,405
5Kent17.3 mi14,079
6Shoreline9.1 mi13,841
7Tacoma27.1 mi12,017
8Redmond10.4 mi10,609

Top industries

The sectors that employ Seattle’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services13.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.4%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises9.0%
INInformation8.7%
EDEducational Services7.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.2%
RTRetail Trade5.4%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.1%

Seattle city profile

Who lives in Seattle — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
754,195
Median age
35.6yrs
Median household income
$123,860
Median home value
$938,600
Median gross rent
$2,030/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
68.5%
Poverty rate
9.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Seattle

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps48%
8 Gbps42%
See all internet providers in Seattle

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).