Work & commute · Vashon

Work & commute in Vashon, WA

About one in 3 of Vashon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seattle (24%), Bellevue (4%) and Tacoma (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,402 of 3,820 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,418 Vashon residents head out of town to work, 1,402 work right here, and 1,180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vashon.

2,418live here, work elsewhere

1,402live and work here

1,180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vashon goes to work

Vashon (in town)right here

37%1,402

Seattle15.2 mi away

24%920

Bellevue18.9 mi away

4%155

Tacoma11 mi away

3%131

Everett40 mi away

2%79

Kent11.4 mi away

2%65

Redmond24.3 mi away

2%64

Tukwila9.5 mi away

1%55

Renton13 mi away

1%55

Olympia32.9 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%843

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

How far

How far Vashon commutes

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

44%

40%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vashon is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vashon are

2,582 jobs are based in Vashon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vashon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vashon

2,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Vashon residents hold

3,820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+25%

Jobs based in Vashon, 2013 → 2023: 2,065 → 2,582. 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.