Work & commute · Tampico

Work & commute in Tampico, WA

Most working residents leave Tampico for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Yakima (32%), Union Gap (5%) and Ahtanum (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 171 Tampico residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tampico.

171live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tampico goes to work

Yakima16 mi away

32%56

Union Gap18.3 mi away

5%9

Ahtanum12.5 mi away

4%7

Kennewick84.2 mi away

3%5

Spokane179.8 mi away

3%5

Ellensburg35.8 mi away

2%3

Longview103.2 mi away

2%3

Cliffdell28.1 mi away

2%3

Wapato22.4 mi away

1%2

Selah17.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%78

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

How far

How far Tampico commutes

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

62%

28%

3%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tampico is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tampico are

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

Jobs based in Tampico

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Tampico residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1100%

Jobs based in Tampico, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 84. 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.