Work & commute · Rosedale

Work & commute in Rosedale, WA

Most working residents leave Rosedale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (14%), Tacoma (13%) and Gig Harbor (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,429 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,415 Rosedale residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rosedale.

1,415live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rosedale goes to work

Seattle23.3 mi away

14%196

Tacoma10.2 mi away

13%186

Gig Harbor1.6 mi away

9%127

Purdy4 mi away

5%67

Bellevue28.4 mi away

3%47

Kent19.9 mi away

3%44

Federal Way14 mi away

3%36

Olympia24.2 mi away

2%31

Redmond33.5 mi away

2%31

SeaTac17.1 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%635

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

How far

How far Rosedale commutes

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

22%

54%

18%

22%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rosedale is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rosedale are

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

Jobs based in Rosedale

263 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Rosedale residents hold

1,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−48%

Jobs based in Rosedale, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 263. 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.