Work & commute · Navy Yard

Work & commute in Navy Yard, WA

Most working residents leave Navy Yard for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bremerton (20%), Seattle (15%) and Port Orchard (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 975 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 967 Navy Yard residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Navy Yard.

967live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Navy Yard goes to work

Bremerton2.7 mi away

20%194

Seattle15.2 mi away

15%150

Port Orchard1.7 mi away

6%59

Silverdale8 mi away

6%57

Poulsbo13 mi away

5%44

Tacoma22.9 mi away

4%37

Bellevue23.7 mi away

3%26

Gig Harbor15.3 mi away

2%23

Bainbridge Island9.5 mi away

1%13

Renton22.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%360

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

How far

How far Navy Yard commutes

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

42%

38%

14%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Navy Yard is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Navy Yard are

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

Jobs based in Navy Yard

218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Navy Yard residents hold

975 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−12%

Jobs based in Navy Yard, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 218. 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.