Work & commute · Carlsborg

Work & commute in Carlsborg, WA

Most working residents leave Carlsborg for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Sequim (15%), Port Angeles (13%) and Seattle (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 421 Carlsborg residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlsborg.

421live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlsborg goes to work

Sequim3.9 mi away

15%69

Port Angeles13.1 mi away

13%59

Seattle49.7 mi away

8%34

Carlsborg (in town)right here

6%26

Port Townsend17.8 mi away

2%10

Kent65.4 mi away

2%10

Federal Way65.9 mi away

2%8

Tacoma66.3 mi away

2%8

Port Angeles East9.4 mi away

2%8

Blyn10.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%207

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

How far

How far Carlsborg commutes

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

32%

18%

14%

36%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlsborg is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlsborg are

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

Jobs based in Carlsborg

829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Carlsborg residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+30%

Jobs based in Carlsborg, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 829. 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.