Work & commute · Alderton

Work & commute in Alderton, WA

Most working residents leave Alderton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Tacoma (10%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,393 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,372 Alderton residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alderton.

1,372live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alderton goes to work

Seattle31 mi away

13%177

Tacoma12.2 mi away

10%137

Puyallup3.2 mi away

7%97

Kent14.6 mi away

7%91

Sumner3.8 mi away

6%81

Auburn8.7 mi away

5%71

Renton20.8 mi away

4%55

Bellevue29.1 mi away

3%43

Tukwila20.7 mi away

2%31

Fife7.1 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%580

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

How far

How far Alderton commutes

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

33%

36%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alderton is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alderton are

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

Jobs based in Alderton

729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Alderton residents hold

1,393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+33%

Jobs based in Alderton, 2013 → 2023: 547 → 729. 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.