Work & commute · North Yelm

Work & commute in North Yelm, WA

Most working residents leave North Yelm for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (9%), Olympia (8%) and Yelm (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,121 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,116 North Yelm residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Yelm.

1,116live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Yelm goes to work

Tacoma21 mi away

9%98

Olympia14.2 mi away

8%91

Yelm2.2 mi away

7%74

Lacey10.2 mi away

7%74

Seattle46.8 mi away

6%65

Tumwater14.4 mi away

4%46

Lakewood14.3 mi away

4%42

Kent34.8 mi away

2%22

Fife22.2 mi away

2%20

Puyallup21.1 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%569

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

How far

How far North Yelm commutes

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

17%

48%

21%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Yelm is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Yelm are

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

Jobs based in North Yelm

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs North Yelm residents hold

1,121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in North Yelm, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 53. 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.