Work & commute · Longbranch

Work & commute in Longbranch, WA

Most working residents leave Longbranch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (12%), Seattle (9%) and Gig Harbor (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,417 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,395 Longbranch residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longbranch.

1,395live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longbranch goes to work

Tacoma14.5 mi away

12%172

Seattle33.5 mi away

9%132

Gig Harbor11.1 mi away

7%98

Olympia14 mi away

3%46

Key Center7.2 mi away

3%39

Purdy14.2 mi away

3%38

Lakewood11.9 mi away

3%37

Anderson Island6.5 mi away

3%36

Bellevue38.5 mi away

2%33

Kent28.4 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%755

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

How far

How far Longbranch commutes

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

10%

49%

32%

10%

10%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longbranch is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longbranch are

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

Jobs based in Longbranch

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Longbranch residents hold

1,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+128%

Jobs based in Longbranch, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 130. 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.