Work & commute · Canterwood

Work & commute in Canterwood, WA

Most working residents leave Canterwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (14%), Seattle (13%) and Gig Harbor (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,419 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,409 Canterwood residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canterwood.

1,409live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canterwood goes to work

Tacoma10.9 mi away

14%201

Seattle20.5 mi away

13%188

Gig Harbor2.8 mi away

11%158

Purdy1.4 mi away

4%59

Bellevue25.8 mi away

4%55

SeaTac14.9 mi away

4%52

Bremerton12.5 mi away

3%41

Olympia27 mi away

2%34

Kent18.2 mi away

2%33

Lakewood15.1 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%567

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

How far

How far Canterwood commutes

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

22%

55%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canterwood is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canterwood are

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

Jobs based in Canterwood

491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Canterwood residents hold

1,419 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+87%

Jobs based in Canterwood, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 491. 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.