Dash Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, where Washington has 27 and the U.S. 26. Dash Point has 28 jobs, and 388 of its residents work somewhere. Below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents, against 9.9% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Dash Point, in brief
In and out of Dash Point on a workday
On a workday 386 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Dash Point on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
16% of working residents work in Tacoma
Where Dash Point clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Dash Point
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dash Point, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 28. 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 Dash Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Dash Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dash Point workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 16% 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.
Where in the region Dash Point works
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.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Dash Point’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dash Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dash Point | – | — | — | 29 min | $130,234 |
| Tacoma | 16% | B | A+ | 29 min | $85,884 |
| Browns Point | under 4% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Browns Point: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tacoma. Darker towns draw more of Dash Point’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 Dash Point: questions
What is the median household income in Dash Point?
$130,234 (±$52,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dash Point?
9.0%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dash Point?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dash Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tacoma (16%, 5 mi), Seattle (13%, 21 mi), Federal Way (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dash Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dash Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dash Point
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.