Work & commute · Browns Point

Work & commute in Browns Point, WA

Most working residents leave Browns Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (22%), Seattle (9%) and Kent (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 501 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 498 Browns Point residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Browns Point.

498live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Browns Point goes to work

Tacoma3.7 mi away

22%110

Seattle22.2 mi away

9%47

Kent12 mi away

7%35

Federal Way4.7 mi away

7%34

Puyallup11 mi away

5%25

Auburn10.6 mi away

4%21

SeaTac11.6 mi away

4%20

Everett46.9 mi away

3%17

Fife6.4 mi away

2%11

Renton16.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%170

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

How far

How far Browns Point commutes

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

40%

42%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Browns Point is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Browns Point are

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

Jobs based in Browns Point

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Browns Point residents hold

501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−3%

Jobs based in Browns Point, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 89. 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.