Work & commute · Wollochet

Work & commute in Wollochet, WA

Most working residents leave Wollochet for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tacoma (15%), Seattle (13%) and Gig Harbor (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 2,651 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,612 Wollochet residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 1,251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wollochet.

2,612live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

1,251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wollochet goes to work

Tacoma5.9 mi away

15%403

Seattle25.5 mi away

13%351

Gig Harbor3.9 mi away

11%286

Purdy8 mi away

4%109

Bellevue29.3 mi away

3%87

Lakewood8.5 mi away

3%72

SeaTac17.1 mi away

3%71

Kent18.6 mi away

3%69

Puyallup15.2 mi away

2%58

Olympia22.4 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,093

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

How far

How far Wollochet commutes

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

38%

35%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wollochet is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wollochet are

1,290 jobs are based in Wollochet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wollochet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wollochet

1,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Wollochet residents hold

2,651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+29%

Jobs based in Wollochet, 2013 → 2023: 1,001 → 1,290. 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.