Work & commute · Coupeville

Work & commute in Coupeville, WA

Most working residents leave Coupeville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Harbor (16%), Seattle (11%) and Mount Vernon (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

78 of 604 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 526 Coupeville residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,818 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coupeville.

526live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,818work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coupeville goes to work

Oak Harbor5.7 mi away

16%94

Coupeville (in town)right here

13%78

Seattle44.1 mi away

11%66

Mount Vernon21.7 mi away

3%17

Bellevue49.3 mi away

2%15

Freeland14.5 mi away

2%15

Everett28.8 mi away

2%14

Kent61.2 mi away

2%13

Redmond45.6 mi away

2%12

Anacortes18.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%271

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

How far

How far Coupeville commutes

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

38%

14%

28%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coupeville is a job hub

3.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coupeville are

1,896 jobs are based in Coupeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coupeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coupeville

1,896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Coupeville residents hold

604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Coupeville, 2013 → 2023: 1,848 → 1,896. 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.