Arletta School · Photo: Ben Cody · Public domainArtondale has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.0% of residents, against 9.9% across Washington. Jobs and income earn Artondale A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 2% stay in Artondale for work; outside it, Tacoma is the main destination (17%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Artondale apart on work
Artondale is a place people come home to
There are 932 jobs based in Artondale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Artondale has about 9,400 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Artondale has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Artondale went from 561 in 2013 to 932 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Artondale and Tacoma trade workers both ways
Tacoma is the top workplace for Artondale residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Artondale come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Artondale’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Artondale is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #19 of 285 in Washington. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Artondale could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who commutes out of Artondale, and who commutes in
On a workday 5,488 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 834 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Artondale on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Artondale’s employers do
932 jobs are based in Artondale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Artondale, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 932. 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 Artondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Artondale work
Where Artondale clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
From Artondale, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Artondale workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,105 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% 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 it is to work from Artondale
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.
Most trips from Artondale start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Artondale is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #261 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Artondale near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,498 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Artondale households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Artondale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Artondale next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000: 232nd of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Bothell East WA | 14,578 | $199K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Snoqualmie WA | 13,640 | $214K | 0.8% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 230 | Harrison Township NJ | 14,043 | $166K | 4.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 231 | Wyckoff Township NJ | 17,224 | $204K | 3.1% | 5.0% | 8% | A |
| 232 | Artondale WA | 14,073 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| 233 | Hopewell Township NJ | 18,763 | $178K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 7% | A |
| 234 | West Lampeter Township PA | 17,275 | $110K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Artondale, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Artondale and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Gig Harbor (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Artondale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artondale | – | A | C− | 29 min | $149,302 |
| Wollochet | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $149,271 |
| Gig Harbor | 9% | A | A | 32 min | $118,395 |
| Rosedale | under 2% | A− | C | 23 min | $158,800 |
| Fox Island | under 2% | A | C− | 39 min | $172,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Artondale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Artondale: questions
What is the median household income in Artondale?
$149,302 (±$16,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Artondale?
2.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Artondale?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Artondale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tacoma (17%, 10 mi), Seattle (15%, 26 mi), Gig Harbor (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Artondale walkable?
Artondale is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Artondale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Artondale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Artondale
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.