Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, WA

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (20%), Poulsbo (8%) and Bainbridge Island (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 929 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 889 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 456 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

889live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

456work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Seattle14.1 mi away

20%190

Poulsbo7.3 mi away

8%73

Bainbridge Island10.5 mi away

5%45

Kingston (in town)right here

4%40

Bremerton20.1 mi away

4%36

Silverdale12 mi away

4%34

Port Gamble Tribal Community4.3 mi away

3%31

Bellevue21.2 mi away

3%28

Redmond19.9 mi away

2%22

Tacoma37.5 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%409

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

31%

50%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

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

Jobs based in Kingston

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−6%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 496. 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.