Work & commute · Graham

Work & commute in Graham, WA

Most working residents leave Graham for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (13%), Seattle (9%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

308 of 14,177 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,869 Graham residents head out of town to work, 308 work right here, and 1,758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graham.

13,869live here, work elsewhere

308live and work here

1,758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graham goes to work

Tacoma17.3 mi away

13%1,897

Seattle40.6 mi away

9%1,280

Puyallup10 mi away

7%981

Kent24.8 mi away

5%651

Auburn18.9 mi away

5%647

Spanaway8.2 mi away

4%593

Lakewood14.8 mi away

4%539

South Hill6 mi away

3%449

Sumner13.8 mi away

3%399

Fife14.1 mi away

2%341

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%6,400

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

How far

How far Graham commutes

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

23%

43%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graham is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Graham are

2,066 jobs are based in Graham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Graham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Graham

2,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Graham residents hold

14,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+60%

Jobs based in Graham, 2013 → 2023: 1,295 → 2,066. 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.