Work & commute · Fox Island

Work & commute in Fox Island, WA

Most working residents leave Fox Island for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (17%), Seattle (16%) and Gig Harbor (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,384 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,346 Fox Island residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox Island.

1,346live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox Island goes to work

Tacoma8.6 mi away

17%232

Seattle28.7 mi away

16%222

Gig Harbor6.1 mi away

9%122

SeaTac20.8 mi away

4%59

Purdy10 mi away

3%46

Lakewood8.2 mi away

3%41

Bellevue32.8 mi away

3%39

Fox Island (in town)right here

3%38

Kent22.2 mi away

3%36

Renton26.1 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%522

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

How far

How far Fox Island commutes

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

36%

31%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox Island is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox Island are

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

Jobs based in Fox Island

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fox Island residents hold

1,384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+38%

Jobs based in Fox Island, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 180. 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.