Work & commute · McMillin

Work & commute in McMillin, WA

Most working residents leave McMillin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (12%), Seattle (9%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 697 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 692 McMillin residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McMillin.

692live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McMillin goes to work

Tacoma13.7 mi away

12%81

Seattle34.5 mi away

9%60

Auburn12.4 mi away

6%44

Kent18.3 mi away

6%43

Puyallup4.5 mi away

6%41

Sumner7.4 mi away

5%33

Federal Way13.7 mi away

3%23

Orting2.3 mi away

3%20

Fife9.1 mi away

3%19

South Hill2.4 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%314

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

How far

How far McMillin commutes

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

30%

42%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McMillin is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McMillin are

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

Jobs based in McMillin

306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs McMillin residents hold

697 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+26%

Jobs based in McMillin, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 306. 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.