Work & commute · Vaughn

Work & commute in Vaughn, WA

Most working residents leave Vaughn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (13%), Gig Harbor (8%) and Seattle (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 222 Vaughn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vaughn.

222live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vaughn goes to work

Tacoma16.8 mi away

13%28

Gig Harbor8.7 mi away

8%19

Seattle27 mi away

7%16

Purdy8.8 mi away

5%11

Bellevue33.6 mi away

4%9

Kent26.7 mi away

4%9

Port Orchard14.2 mi away

3%6

Redmond38.2 mi away

3%6

Puyallup26.1 mi away

2%4

Renton28.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%112

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

How far

How far Vaughn commutes

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

22%

38%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vaughn is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vaughn are

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

Jobs based in Vaughn

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Vaughn residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−22%

Jobs based in Vaughn, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 53. 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.