Work and Jobs in Vashon Island, Washington (WA) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Vashon Island are: Professional, scientific, technical services (11.1% of civilian employees), Health care (9.7% of civilian employees), Educational services (9.5% of civilian employees). 50.4% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 31.0% less than the rate of 66.0% across the entire state of Washington.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
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Industry | All | Males | Females |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 11.1% (581) | 12.1% (339) | 9.9% (242) |
Health care | 9.7% (510) | 5.7% (159) | 14.4% (351) |
Educational services | 9.5% (500) | 5.4% (151) | 14.3% (349) |
Construction | 7.5% (394) | 12.7% (357) | 1.5% (37) |
Accommodation and food services | 6.3% (331) | 6.5% (184) | 6.0% (147) |
Food and beverage stores | 3.9% (203) | 4.6% (128) | 3.1% (75) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 3.1% (163) | 3.2% (90) | 3.0% (73) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 3.0% (159) | 3.1% (86) | 3.0% (73) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3.0% (158) | 2.6% (73) | 3.5% (85) |
Public administration | 3.0% (158) | 3.3% (92) | 2.7% (66) |
Finance and insurance | 3.0% (158) | 3.8% (106) | 2.1% (52) |
Transportation equipment | 2.7% (144) | 4.3% (120) | 1.0% (24) |
Social assistance | 2.2% (115) | 0.4% (12) | 4.2% (103) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 2.0% (103) | 2.5% (71) | 1.3% (32) |
Metal and metal products | 1.9% (99) | 2.4% (68) | 1.3% (31) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.8% (95) | 2.2% (62) | 1.4% (33) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.7% (89) | 2.7% (75) | 0.6% (14) |
Repair and maintenance | 1.4% (74) | 2.2% (62) | 0.5% (12) |
Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 1.4% (73) | 1.6% (46) | 1.1% (27) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.4% (72) | 0.2% (7) | 2.7% (65) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.3% (66) | 0.9% (24) | 1.7% (42) |
Personal and laundry services | 1.3% (66) | 1.1% (30) | 1.5% (36) |
Air transportation | 1.1% (60) | 0.6% (18) | 1.7% (42) |
Water transportation | 1.1% (56) | 1.2% (35) | 0.9% (21) |
Private households | 0.9% (49) | 0.0% (0) | 2.0% (49) |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.9% (47) | 0.4% (10) | 1.5% (37) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.9% (46) | 0.9% (26) | 0.8% (20) |
Food | 0.7% (39) | 0.7% (21) | 0.7% (18) |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.7% (35) | 0.6% (17) | 0.7% (18) |
Printing and related support activities | 0.6% (34) | 0.7% (20) | 0.6% (14) |
U. S. Postal service | 0.6% (32) | 0.3% (8) | 1.0% (24) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.6% (32) | 0.3% (9) | 0.9% (23) |
Broadcasting and telecommunications | 0.6% (31) | 0.5% (14) | 0.7% (17) |
Other direct selling establishments | 0.6% (29) | 0.3% (9) | 0.8% (20) |
Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (27) | 0.3% (9) | 0.7% (18) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 0.5% (27) | 0.7% (19) | 0.3% (8) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.5% (26) | 0.7% (19) | 0.3% (7) |
Machinery | 0.4% (23) | 0.2% (6) | 0.7% (17) |
Chemicals | 0.4% (22) | 0.4% (10) | 0.5% (12) |
Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (21) | 0.7% (21) | 0.0% (0) |
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.4% (19) | 0.5% (13) | 0.2% (6) |
Utilities | 0.4% (19) | 0.3% (9) | 0.4% (10) |
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (18) | 0.4% (12) | 0.2% (6) |
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (17) | 0.6% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.3% (16) | 0.6% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.3% (16) | 0.6% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
Plastics and rubber products | 0.3% (15) | 0.5% (15) | 0.0% (0) |
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (13) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (13) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.2% (13) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (13) |
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.2% (13) | 0.2% (7) | 0.2% (6) |
Music stores | 0.2% (13) | 0.3% (9) | 0.2% (4) |
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.2% (13) | 0.2% (7) | 0.2% (6) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.2% (12) | 0.2% (6) | 0.2% (6) |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (12) | 0.4% (12) | 0.0% (0) |
Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (11) | 0.2% (5) | 0.2% (6) |
Wood products | 0.2% (9) | 0.3% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Rail transportation | 0.2% (9) | 0.3% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Textile mills and textile products | 0.2% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (9) |
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (8) | 0.3% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (8) | 0.3% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (7) |
Computer and electronic products | 0.1% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (7) |
Apparel | 0.1% (7) | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (7) | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (6) | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Vashon Island
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 2.1%Males
- 1.8%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 7.9%Males
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
Vashon Island: | 5.5% (284) |
Washington: | 4.2% (115,997) |
5:30am:
Vashon Island: | 4.7% (243) |
Washington: | 3.7% (102,868) |
6am:
Vashon Island: | 6.6% (340) |
Washington: | 5.3% (147,812) |
6:30am:
Vashon Island: | 9.4% (483) |
Washington: | 8.9% (248,462) |
7am:
Vashon Island: | 9.7% (499) |
Washington: | 10.3% (288,005) |
7:30am:
Vashon Island: | 11.8% (605) |
Washington: | 13.5% (375,030) |
8am:
Vashon Island: | 9.5% (488) |
Washington: | 13.4% (372,576) |
8:30am:
Vashon Island: | 9.6% (496) |
Washington: | 9.0% (252,058) |
9am:
Vashon Island: | 6.7% (344) |
Washington: | 5.1% (141,936) |
10am:
Vashon Island: | 5.6% (287) |
Washington: | 5.8% (161,204) |
11am:
Vashon Island: | 2.7% (139) |
Washington: | 2.5% (70,123) |
12pm:
Vashon Island: | 1.5% (78) |
Washington: | 1.3% (35,612) |
4pm:
Vashon Island: | 3.8% (198) |
Washington: | 6.8% (190,565) |
>4pm:
Vashon Island: | 4.2% (216) |
Washington: | 5.8% (162,401) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 4.2% (215) |
Washington: | 3.3% (91,132) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 13.1% (675) |
Washington: | 10.3% (286,517) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 10.6% (544) |
Washington: | 14.1% (391,606) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 7.7% (396) |
Washington: | 15.0% (418,990) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 5.2% (270) |
Washington: | 14.2% (394,209) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 1.1% (55) |
Washington: | 5.8% (162,590) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 2.0% (101) |
Washington: | 12.5% (348,311) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 0.3% (18) |
Washington: | 2.6% (73,592) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 0.6% (29) |
Washington: | 3.4% (95,182) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 5.1% (264) |
Washington: | 7.0% (195,343) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Vashon Island: | 20.1% (1,033) |
Washington: | 4.7% (131,691) |
90 or more minutes:
Vashon Island: | 21.4% (1,100) |
Washington: | 2.7% (75,486) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Vashon Island: | 60.4% (3,107) |
Washington: | 73.3% (2,040,833) |
Carpooled:
Vashon Island: | 10.6% (545) |
Washington: | 12.8% (357,742) |
Bus or trolley bus:
Vashon Island: | 3.7% (192) |
Washington: | 4.5% (124,450) |
Ferryboat:
Vashon Island: | 10.6% (545) |
Washington: | 0.3% (8,923) |
Motorcycle:
Vashon Island: | 1.5% (75) |
Washington: | 0.2% (4,353) |
Bicycle:
Vashon Island: | 1.5% (77) |
Washington: | 0.6% (16,205) |
Walked:
Vashon Island: | 1.8% (94) |
Washington: | 3.2% (89,739) |
Other means:
Vashon Island: | 1.3% (65) |
Washington: | 0.7% (19,499) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Vashon Island: | 85.1% (3,107) |
Washington: | 85.1% (2,040,833) |
In 2 person carpool:
Vashon Island: | 9.9% (361) |
Washington: | 11.8% (282,638) |
In 3 person carpool:
Vashon Island: | 2.5% (93) |
Washington: | 1.9% (44,791) |
In 4 person carpool:
Vashon Island: | 1.0% (38) |
Washington: | 0.6% (14,195) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
Vashon Island: | 1.5% (53) |
Washington: | 0.3% (7,914) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Vashon Island: | 50.4% (2,641) |
Washington: | 66.0% (1,843,000) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Vashon Island: | 6.5% (341) |
Washington: | 3.2% (90,102) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Vashon Island: | 10.4% (543) |
Washington: | 6.9% (191,927) |
Local government workers:
Vashon Island: | 7.6% (399) |
Washington: | 6.4% (178,161) |
State government workers:
Vashon Island: | 5.7% (297) |
Washington: | 6.9% (192,408) |
Federal government workers:
Vashon Island: | 1.8% (96) |
Washington: | 3.2% (89,153) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Vashon Island: | 17.0% (892) |
Washington: | 7.2% (199,827) |
Unpaid family workers:
Vashon Island: | 0.7% (35) |
Washington: | 0.3% (9,144) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Vashon Island: | 55.8% (1,568) |
Washington: | 69.7% (1,044,674) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Vashon Island: | 9.1% (256) |
Washington: | 4.3% (64,169) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Vashon Island: | 6.4% (179) |
Washington: | 4.2% (63,257) |
Local government workers - Males:
Vashon Island: | 4.8% (134) |
Washington: | 5.3% (79,844) |
State government workers - Males:
Vashon Island: | 4.6% (130) |
Washington: | 5.1% (76,834) |
Federal government workers - Males:
Vashon Island: | 2.0% (55) |
Washington: | 3.5% (52,763) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Vashon Island: | 16.8% (472) |
Washington: | 7.6% (114,199) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
Vashon Island: | 0.6% (17) |
Washington: | 0.3% (3,889) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Vashon Island: | 44.1% (1,073) |
Washington: | 61.7% (798,326) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Vashon Island: | 3.5% (85) |
Washington: | 2.0% (25,933) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Vashon Island: | 15.0% (364) |
Washington: | 9.9% (128,670) |
Local government workers - Females:
Vashon Island: | 10.9% (265) |
Washington: | 7.6% (98,317) |
State government workers - Females:
Vashon Island: | 6.9% (167) |
Washington: | 8.9% (115,574) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Vashon Island: | 1.7% (41) |
Washington: | 2.8% (36,390) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Vashon Island: | 17.3% (420) |
Washington: | 6.6% (85,628) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
Vashon Island: | 0.7% (18) |
Washington: | 0.4% (5,255) |