Work & commute · Crocker

Work & commute in Crocker, WA

Most working residents leave Crocker for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (12%), Tacoma (7%) and Kent (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 613 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 607 Crocker residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crocker.

607live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crocker goes to work

Seattle38 mi away

12%73

Tacoma19.2 mi away

7%42

Kent21.1 mi away

6%37

Puyallup9.9 mi away

5%30

Auburn15.3 mi away

5%28

Orting4 mi away

3%21

Sumner11.1 mi away

3%20

Renton27 mi away

3%19

Enumclaw10.1 mi away

3%16

Bellevue35 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%313

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

How far

How far Crocker commutes

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

17%

42%

35%

17%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crocker is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crocker are

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

Jobs based in Crocker

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Crocker residents hold

613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+47%

Jobs based in Crocker, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 206. 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.