Work & commute · Bethel

Work & commute in Bethel, WA

Most working residents leave Bethel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Bremerton (11%) and Port Orchard (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,473 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,449 Bethel residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethel.

1,449live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethel goes to work

Seattle15.4 mi away

13%197

Bremerton5.9 mi away

11%168

Port Orchard3.5 mi away

9%129

Gig Harbor10.5 mi away

5%73

Tacoma17.8 mi away

5%72

East Port Orchard2.2 mi away

4%63

Silverdale12.8 mi away

4%61

Bellevue22.8 mi away

3%38

Renton19.7 mi away

2%31

Kent20 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%614

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

How far

How far Bethel commutes

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

37%

49%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethel is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethel are

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

Jobs based in Bethel

319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bethel residents hold

1,473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+24%

Jobs based in Bethel, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 319. 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.