Work & commute · Friday Harbor

Work & commute in Friday Harbor, WA

45% of Friday Harbor’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Seattle (6%), Bellingham (5%) and Roche Harbor (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

532 of 1,192 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 660 Friday Harbor residents head out of town to work, 532 work right here, and 1,192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friday Harbor.

660live here, work elsewhere

532live and work here

1,192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friday Harbor goes to work

Friday Harbor (in town)right here

45%532

Seattle70.3 mi away

6%71

Bellingham29.3 mi away

5%56

Roche Harbor7.2 mi away

2%28

Bellevue76 mi away

2%20

Mount Vernon33.4 mi away

1%16

Anacortes18.3 mi away

1%14

Everett55 mi away

1%13

Redmond72.4 mi away

1%10

Kirkland69 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%423

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

How far

How far Friday Harbor commutes

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

62%

10%

22%

62%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friday Harbor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Friday Harbor are

1,724 jobs are based in Friday Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Friday Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Friday Harbor

1,724 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Friday Harbor residents hold

1,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in Friday Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 1,746 → 1,724. 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.