Work & commute · Parkwood

Work & commute in Parkwood, WA

Most working residents leave Parkwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Port Orchard (11%) and Bremerton (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 2,695 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,643 Parkwood residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 787 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkwood.

2,643live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

787work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkwood goes to work

Seattle13.5 mi away

15%408

Port Orchard1.6 mi away

11%306

Bremerton5.4 mi away

10%280

Tacoma20 mi away

5%136

Silverdale10.5 mi away

5%132

East Port Orchard0.8 mi away

4%117

Gig Harbor13 mi away

3%94

Bellevue21.4 mi away

2%56

Parkwood (in town)right here

2%52

Poulsbo15 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,063

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

How far

How far Parkwood commutes

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

37%

46%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkwood is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkwood are

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

Jobs based in Parkwood

839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Parkwood residents hold

2,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+32%

Jobs based in Parkwood, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 839. 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.