Work & commute · Bremerton

Work & commute in Bremerton, WA

Most working residents leave Bremerton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (16%), Silverdale (7%) and Tacoma (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,810 of 14,537 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,727 Bremerton residents head out of town to work, 2,810 work right here, and 12,922 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bremerton.

11,727live here, work elsewhere

2,810live and work here

12,922work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bremerton goes to work

Bremerton (in town)right here

19%2,810

Seattle17.9 mi away

16%2,390

Silverdale9 mi away

7%1,002

Tacoma23.2 mi away

5%676

Port Orchard3.9 mi away

3%494

Poulsbo14.3 mi away

3%418

Bellevue26.4 mi away

3%403

Bainbridge Island12.1 mi away

2%230

Gig Harbor15.1 mi away

1%212

Renton24.7 mi away

1%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,707

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

How far

How far Bremerton commutes

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

39%

40%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bremerton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bremerton are

15,732 jobs are based in Bremerton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bremerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bremerton

15,732 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Bremerton residents hold

14,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Bremerton, 2013 → 2023: 14,320 → 15,732. 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.