Work & commute · Point Roberts

Work & commute in Point Roberts, WA

About one in 3 of Point Roberts’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bellingham (12%), Seattle (5%) and Everett (2%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

110 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 230 Point Roberts residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Roberts.

230live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Roberts goes to work

Point Roberts (in town)right here

32%110

Bellingham31.2 mi away

12%41

Seattle99.8 mi away

5%17

Everett81.2 mi away

2%8

Blaine14.1 mi away

2%7

Bellevue104.4 mi away

2%6

Burlington48.9 mi away

1%5

Lynden27.4 mi away

1%5

Federal Way120.3 mi away

1%5

Lynnwood87.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%132

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

How far

How far Point Roberts commutes

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

32%

22%

42%

32%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Roberts is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Roberts are

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

Jobs based in Point Roberts

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Point Roberts residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−25%

Jobs based in Point Roberts, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 151. 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.