Work & commute · Belfair

Work & commute in Belfair, WA

Most working residents leave Belfair for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bremerton (11%), Seattle (10%) and Tacoma (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 1,427 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,355 Belfair residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 1,040 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belfair.

1,355live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

1,040work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belfair goes to work

Bremerton9 mi away

11%154

Seattle26.2 mi away

10%144

Tacoma22.8 mi away

5%75

Belfair (in town)right here

5%72

Port Orchard12 mi away

4%60

Silverdale17.2 mi away

4%52

Bellevue34.1 mi away

2%33

Gig Harbor14.1 mi away

2%27

Kent30.1 mi away

2%26

Shelton19.5 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%760

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

How far

How far Belfair commutes

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

14%

38%

39%

10%

14%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belfair is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belfair are

1,112 jobs are based in Belfair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belfair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belfair

1,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Belfair residents hold

1,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+53%

Jobs based in Belfair, 2013 → 2023: 726 → 1,112. 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.