Work & commute · Port Ludlow

Work & commute in Port Ludlow, WA

Most working residents leave Port Ludlow for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (14%), Port Townsend (11%) and Port Hadlock-Irondale (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,011 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 991 Port Ludlow residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Ludlow.

991live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Ludlow goes to work

Seattle25.9 mi away

14%144

Port Townsend14.9 mi away

11%116

Port Hadlock-Irondale9.3 mi away

4%43

Everett23.7 mi away

3%31

Poulsbo12.2 mi away

3%26

Bremerton25.9 mi away

2%21

Olympia61.1 mi away

2%20

Port Ludlow (in town)right here

2%20

Bellevue33.2 mi away

2%18

Redmond31.5 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%555

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

How far

How far Port Ludlow commutes

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

14%

39%

32%

15%

14%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Ludlow is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Ludlow are

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

Jobs based in Port Ludlow

258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Port Ludlow residents hold

1,011 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+166%

Jobs based in Port Ludlow, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 258. 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.