Work & commute · Fircrest

Work & commute in Fircrest, WA

Most working residents leave Fircrest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (32%), Seattle (9%) and Lakewood (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 2,852 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,772 Fircrest residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 1,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fircrest.

2,772live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

1,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fircrest goes to work

Tacoma3 mi away

32%900

Seattle27.9 mi away

9%264

Lakewood4.6 mi away

5%153

University Place1.8 mi away

4%111

Puyallup11.1 mi away

3%82

Fircrest (in town)right here

3%80

Fife7.7 mi away

3%72

Olympia22.1 mi away

3%72

Kent17.9 mi away

2%65

Gig Harbor8.3 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,003

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

How far

How far Fircrest commutes

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

52%

25%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fircrest is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fircrest are

1,154 jobs are based in Fircrest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fircrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fircrest

1,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fircrest residents hold

2,852 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+10%

Jobs based in Fircrest, 2013 → 2023: 1,051 → 1,154. 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.