TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
Dash PointGood night
Work & commute · Dash Point

Work & commute in Dash Point, WA

Most working residents leave Dash Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (16%), Seattle (13%) and Federal Way (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 388 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 386 Dash Point residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dash Point.

386live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dash Point goes to work

DuPontSeaTacTukwilaPuyallupRentonFederal WayBellevueKentBellinghamAuburnSeattleTacomaBrowns PointDash PointPrairie RidgeTacomaSeattleFederal WayKentAuburnPuyallupSeaTacTukwilaRentonBellevueDash Point
1
Tacoma4.7 mi away
16%64
2
Seattle21.4 mi away
13%49
3
Federal Way3.6 mi away
8%30
4
Kent10.8 mi away
5%19
5
Auburn9.5 mi away
5%18
6
Puyallup10.9 mi away
4%15
7
SeaTac10.5 mi away
3%13
8
Tukwila13 mi away
3%13
9
Renton15.4 mi away
3%13
10
Bellevue23 mi away
3%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%142

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

How far

How far Dash Point commutes

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

40%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dash Point is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dash Point are

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

Jobs based in Dash Point

28 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Dash Point residents hold

388 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month75%
−32%

Jobs based in Dash Point, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 28. 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Dash Point, WAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Dash Point is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/19 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map