Work & commute · Tenino

Work & commute in Tenino, WA

Most working residents leave Tenino for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Olympia (18%), Tumwater (7%) and Lacey (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 783 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 745 Tenino residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tenino.

745live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tenino goes to work

Olympia13 mi away

18%144

Tumwater9.7 mi away

7%57

Lacey13.4 mi away

6%46

Seattle58 mi away

5%43

Tenino (in town)right here

5%38

Centralia10.4 mi away

4%28

Tacoma33.4 mi away

3%27

Chehalis14 mi away

2%16

Lakewood26.5 mi away

2%14

Bellevue61.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%359

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

How far

How far Tenino commutes

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

16%

43%

19%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tenino is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tenino are

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

Jobs based in Tenino

635 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Tenino residents hold

783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+60%

Jobs based in Tenino, 2013 → 2023: 396 → 635. 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.