Work & commute · Gorst

Work & commute in Gorst, WA

Most working residents leave Gorst for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (16%), Bremerton (12%) and Port Orchard (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 170 Gorst residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gorst.

170live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gorst goes to work

Seattle17.7 mi away

16%27

Bremerton1.2 mi away

12%20

Port Orchard3.4 mi away

11%19

Silverdale9.9 mi away

7%12

Tacoma22 mi away

6%10

Bellevue26 mi away

3%5

Kent24.7 mi away

3%5

SeaTac19.8 mi away

2%4

Poulsbo15.2 mi away

2%3

Gig Harbor13.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%63

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

How far

How far Gorst commutes

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

39%

37%

18%

39%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gorst is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gorst are

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

Jobs based in Gorst

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Gorst residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−23%

Jobs based in Gorst, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 177. 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.