Work & commute · Clover Creek

Work & commute in Clover Creek, WA

Most working residents leave Clover Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (19%), Seattle (10%) and Puyallup (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 3,110 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,048 Clover Creek residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 2,640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clover Creek.

3,048live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

2,640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clover Creek goes to work

Tacoma8.3 mi away

19%588

Seattle32.9 mi away

10%297

Puyallup4.9 mi away

6%180

Lakewood7 mi away

6%174

Parkland2.7 mi away

4%134

Auburn13.7 mi away

3%99

Fife6.3 mi away

3%96

Kent18.7 mi away

3%78

Sumner9.1 mi away

2%76

Federal Way11.8 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,313

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

How far

How far Clover Creek commutes

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

50%

21%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clover Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clover Creek are

2,702 jobs are based in Clover Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clover Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clover Creek

2,702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Clover Creek residents hold

3,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+21%

Jobs based in Clover Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2,232 → 2,702. 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.