Work & commute · North Puyallup

Work & commute in North Puyallup, WA

Most working residents leave North Puyallup for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (14%), Tacoma (11%) and Puyallup (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 877 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 874 North Puyallup residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Puyallup.

874live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Puyallup goes to work

Seattle29.2 mi away

14%122

Tacoma9.3 mi away

11%100

Puyallup1.5 mi away

7%62

Fife4.1 mi away

5%48

Kent13.6 mi away

5%48

Auburn8 mi away

5%46

Sumner3 mi away

4%38

Renton19.8 mi away

3%30

Lakewood12 mi away

3%28

Federal Way8.3 mi away

3%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%329

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

How far

How far North Puyallup commutes

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

42%

27%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Puyallup is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Puyallup are

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

Jobs based in North Puyallup

610 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs North Puyallup residents hold

877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+36%

Jobs based in North Puyallup, 2013 → 2023: 448 → 610. 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.