Work & commute · Kapowsin

Work & commute in Kapowsin, WA

Most working residents leave Kapowsin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (13%), Seattle (7%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Kapowsin residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kapowsin.

164live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kapowsin goes to work

Tacoma22.6 mi away

13%21

Seattle45.4 mi away

7%12

Puyallup14.9 mi away

7%11

Federal Way24.3 mi away

4%7

Olympia32.1 mi away

4%6

Frederickson10.7 mi away

4%6

Graham5.2 mi away

4%6

SeaTac33 mi away

3%5

Tukwila35.2 mi away

3%5

Renton35.3 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%80

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

How far

How far Kapowsin commutes

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

10%

47%

36%

10%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kapowsin is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kapowsin are

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

Jobs based in Kapowsin

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Kapowsin residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+20%

Jobs based in Kapowsin, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 30. 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.