Work & commute · Purdy

Work & commute in Purdy, WA

Most working residents leave Purdy for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (15%), Seattle (11%) and Gig Harbor (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 680 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 655 Purdy residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 1,939 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Purdy.

655live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

1,939work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Purdy goes to work

Tacoma12 mi away

15%104

Seattle19.4 mi away

11%74

Gig Harbor4.1 mi away

9%62

Purdy (in town)right here

4%25

Bellevue25 mi away

4%24

SeaTac14.6 mi away

3%21

Olympia28.1 mi away

2%15

Fife16.4 mi away

2%14

Lakewood16.5 mi away

2%13

Renton20 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%315

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

How far

How far Purdy commutes

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

22%

55%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Purdy is a job hub

2.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Purdy are

1,964 jobs are based in Purdy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Purdy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Purdy

1,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Purdy residents hold

680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+33%

Jobs based in Purdy, 2013 → 2023: 1,475 → 1,964. 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.