Work & commute · Pacific Beach

Work & commute in Pacific Beach, WA

Most working residents leave Pacific Beach for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Ocean Shores (9%) and Aberdeen (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

—%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Pacific Beach residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pacific Beach.

96live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pacific Beach goes to work

Seattle90.7 mi away

13%12

Ocean Shores17.2 mi away

9%9

Aberdeen24.5 mi away

5%5

Amanda Park20.8 mi away

4%4

Tumwater62.1 mi away

2%2

Taholah8.5 mi away

2%2

North Plains, OR125.5 mi away

1%1

Wilsonville, OR148.1 mi away

1%1

Hillsboro, OR131.3 mi away

1%1

Portland, OR137.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%58

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

How far

How far Pacific Beach commutes

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

20%

26%

48%

20%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pacific Beach is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pacific Beach are

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

Jobs based in Pacific Beach

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Pacific Beach residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Pacific Beach, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 35. 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.