St. Joseph's Mission · Public domainTampico has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Tampico; the top destination outside it is Yakima (32%, 16 miles). There are 84 jobs in Tampico, against 173 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 20% across Washington.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tampico on a workday afternoon
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Tampico on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Out of Tampico to work: where people go
Where Tampico clocks in
32% 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.
In Tampico, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tampico, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 84. 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 Tampico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 37 minutes each way for Tampico’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tampico workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 252 commuters (the 0% 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 Tampico works
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Tampico: questions
What is the median household income in Tampico?
$110,375 (±$35,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tampico?
10.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tampico?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tampico work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yakima (32%, 16 mi), Union Gap (5%, 18 mi), Ahtanum (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tampico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tampico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tampico
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.