Work & commute · Steilacoom

Work & commute in Steilacoom, WA

Most working residents leave Steilacoom for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (20%), Lakewood (13%) and Seattle (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 2,424 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,352 Steilacoom residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steilacoom.

2,352live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steilacoom goes to work

Tacoma8.5 mi away

20%492

Lakewood3 mi away

13%319

Seattle33.1 mi away

10%251

Steilacoom (in town)right here

3%72

Olympia16.8 mi away

3%67

Puyallup14.1 mi away

2%57

Lacey13 mi away

2%51

Fife12.2 mi away

2%50

Kent23.4 mi away

2%49

Auburn20.2 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%967

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

How far

How far Steilacoom commutes

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

44%

26%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steilacoom is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steilacoom are

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

Jobs based in Steilacoom

668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Steilacoom residents hold

2,424 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+12%

Jobs based in Steilacoom, 2013 → 2023: 598 → 668. 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.