Work & commute · Waller

Work & commute in Waller, WA

Most working residents leave Waller for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (19%), Seattle (10%) and Puyallup (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 3,437 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,359 Waller residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waller.

3,359live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waller goes to work

Tacoma5.4 mi away

19%666

Seattle28.7 mi away

10%333

Puyallup4 mi away

8%290

Kent14.7 mi away

4%134

Fife2.1 mi away

4%127

Auburn10.1 mi away

3%118

Lakewood8 mi away

3%103

Federal Way7.5 mi away

3%88

Sumner6.4 mi away

2%85

Waller (in town)right here

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,415

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

How far

How far Waller commutes

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

56%

18%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waller is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waller are

1,623 jobs are based in Waller. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waller’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waller

1,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Waller residents hold

3,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+18%

Jobs based in Waller, 2013 → 2023: 1,376 → 1,623. 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.