Work & commute · Indianola

Work & commute in Indianola, WA

Most working residents leave Indianola for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (17%), Poulsbo (9%) and Bainbridge Island (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,275 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,245 Indianola residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indianola.

1,245live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indianola goes to work

Seattle12 mi away

17%218

Poulsbo6.2 mi away

9%111

Bainbridge Island7.8 mi away

7%94

Silverdale10 mi away

5%58

Bremerton17.7 mi away

4%56

Suquamish4.1 mi away

4%52

Tacoma34.9 mi away

3%40

Bellevue19.8 mi away

3%38

Port Gamble Tribal Community6.6 mi away

3%35

Indianola (in town)right here

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%543

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

How far

How far Indianola commutes

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

39%

42%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indianola is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indianola are

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

Jobs based in Indianola

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Indianola residents hold

1,275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+50%

Jobs based in Indianola, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 147. 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.