Tacoma School · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 4.0Tacoma has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 1 jobs in Tacoma, against 63 working residents. Hardly any stay in Tacoma for work; outside it, Wise is the main destination (27%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Tacoma, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Tacoma on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Tacoma goes to work
Where Tacoma clocks in
27% of workers
22% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Tacoma: what the 1 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tacoma, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tacoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tacoma
of Tacoma workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Tacoma’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Tacoma: questions
What is the median household income in Tacoma?
$47,891 (±$44,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tacoma?
7.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tacoma work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wise (27%, 4 mi), Norton (22%, 5 mi), Big Stone Gap (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tacoma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tacoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tacoma
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.