Work & commute · Bainbridge Island

Work & commute in Bainbridge Island, WA

About one in 4 of Bainbridge Island’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Seattle (35%), Bellevue (5%) and Poulsbo (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

2,359 of 9,211 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,852 Bainbridge Island residents head out of town to work, 2,359 work right here, and 4,739 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bainbridge Island.

6,852live here, work elsewhere

2,359live and work here

4,739work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bainbridge Island goes to work

Seattle7.4 mi away

35%3,201

Bainbridge Island (in town)right here

26%2,359

Bellevue16.6 mi away

5%429

Poulsbo9.2 mi away

2%209

Redmond18.4 mi away

2%185

Tacoma27.1 mi away

2%157

Bremerton12.1 mi away

2%148

Kirkland14.6 mi away

1%128

Renton18.4 mi away

1%111

Silverdale8.3 mi away

1%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,190

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bainbridge Island commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

52%

35%

52%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bainbridge Island is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bainbridge Island are

7,098 jobs are based in Bainbridge Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bainbridge Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bainbridge Island

7,098 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bainbridge Island residents hold

9,211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−11%

Jobs based in Bainbridge Island, 2013 → 2023: 7,986 → 7,098. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.