Work & commute · Frederickson

Work & commute in Frederickson, WA

Most working residents leave Frederickson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (16%), Seattle (10%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

281 of 10,525 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 10,244 Frederickson residents head out of town to work, 281 work right here, and 5,041 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frederickson.

10,244live here, work elsewhere

281live and work here

5,041work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frederickson goes to work

Tacoma12 mi away

16%1,706

Seattle36.4 mi away

10%1,015

Puyallup6.8 mi away

7%695

Lakewood9.3 mi away

5%506

Kent21.7 mi away

4%441

Auburn16.3 mi away

4%415

Spanaway3 mi away

3%333

South Hill4 mi away

3%285

Sumner11.2 mi away

3%284

Frederickson (in town)right here

3%281

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,564

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

How far

How far Frederickson commutes

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

30%

38%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frederickson is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frederickson are

5,322 jobs are based in Frederickson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frederickson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frederickson

5,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Frederickson residents hold

10,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+28%

Jobs based in Frederickson, 2013 → 2023: 4,169 → 5,322. 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.