Work & commute · Chico

Work & commute in Chico, WA

Most working residents leave Chico for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Silverdale (16%), Seattle (15%) and Bremerton (15%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 966 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 955 Chico residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chico.

955live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chico goes to work

Silverdale3.6 mi away

16%157

Seattle17.1 mi away

15%149

Bremerton5.7 mi away

15%144

Poulsbo8.9 mi away

4%38

Bellevue26.2 mi away

4%37

Port Orchard7.1 mi away

3%32

Bainbridge Island9.9 mi away

2%17

Bangor Base6.9 mi away

2%17

Renton26.4 mi away

1%13

Redmond28.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%350

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

How far

How far Chico commutes

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

50%

27%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chico is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chico are

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

Jobs based in Chico

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Chico residents hold

966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+50%

Jobs based in Chico, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 191. 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.