Work & commute · Artondale

Work & commute in Artondale, WA

Most working residents leave Artondale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (17%), Seattle (15%) and Gig Harbor (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 5,586 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,488 Artondale residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 834 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Artondale.

5,488live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

834work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Artondale goes to work

Tacoma9.7 mi away

17%955

Seattle26 mi away

15%814

Gig Harbor3.4 mi away

9%512

Purdy6.8 mi away

5%280

Bellevue30.8 mi away

3%173

SeaTac19.2 mi away

3%147

Olympia21.4 mi away

2%123

Lakewood11.3 mi away

2%113

Kent21.4 mi away

2%112

Renton24.6 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,258

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

How far

How far Artondale commutes

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

33%

40%

21%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Artondale is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Artondale are

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

Jobs based in Artondale

932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Artondale residents hold

5,586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+66%

Jobs based in Artondale, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 932. 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.