Work & commute · DuPont

Work & commute in DuPont, WA

Most working residents leave DuPont for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (14%), Seattle (12%) and Lakewood (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

177 of 3,305 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,128 DuPont residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 4,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DuPont.

3,128live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

4,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DuPont goes to work

Tacoma13.3 mi away

14%448

Seattle38 mi away

12%392

Lakewood6.8 mi away

8%254

Olympia12.5 mi away

7%244

DuPont (in town)right here

5%177

Lacey8.4 mi away

4%146

Steilacoom5 mi away

3%99

Bellevue40.9 mi away

3%90

Tumwater15.1 mi away

2%64

SeaTac28.4 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,328

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

How far

How far DuPont commutes

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

24%

36%

31%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DuPont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in DuPont are

4,581 jobs are based in DuPont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DuPont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DuPont

4,581 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs DuPont residents hold

3,305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+61%

Jobs based in DuPont, 2013 → 2023: 2,846 → 4,581. 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.