Work & commute · Tehaleh

Work & commute in Tehaleh, WA

Most working residents leave Tehaleh for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (12%), Tacoma (10%) and Kent (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,880 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 2,844 Tehaleh residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tehaleh.

2,844live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tehaleh goes to work

Seattle35.7 mi away

12%358

Tacoma16.2 mi away

10%296

Kent19 mi away

8%218

Auburn13.1 mi away

7%193

Sumner8.5 mi away

6%178

Puyallup6.8 mi away

5%154

Renton25.1 mi away

4%118

Federal Way15.4 mi away

3%98

SeaTac23.3 mi away

3%95

Bonney Lake5.8 mi away

3%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,089

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

How far

How far Tehaleh commutes

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

23%

46%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tehaleh is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tehaleh are

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

Jobs based in Tehaleh

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Tehaleh residents hold

2,880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+894%

Jobs based in Tehaleh, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 348. 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.