Work & commute · Bangor Base

Work & commute in Bangor Base, WA

Most working residents leave Bangor Base for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Silverdale (9%), Seattle (8%) and Bremerton (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 682 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 650 Bangor Base residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 1,393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bangor Base.

650live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

1,393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bangor Base goes to work

Silverdale4.1 mi away

9%64

Seattle18.3 mi away

8%55

Bremerton12.6 mi away

6%38

Bangor Base (in town)right here

5%32

Tacoma34.6 mi away

4%29

Poulsbo3.6 mi away

4%25

Kent32.7 mi away

2%17

Olympia47.9 mi away

2%16

Renton29.4 mi away

2%13

Auburn37.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%380

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

How far

How far Bangor Base commutes

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

27%

16%

40%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bangor Base is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bangor Base are

1,425 jobs are based in Bangor Base. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bangor Base’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bangor Base

1,425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Bangor Base residents hold

682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+7%

Jobs based in Bangor Base, 2013 → 2023: 1,327 → 1,425. 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.