Work & commute · Port Orchard

Work & commute in Port Orchard, WA

Most working residents leave Port Orchard for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Bremerton (10%) and Tacoma (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

509 of 5,217 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,708 Port Orchard residents head out of town to work, 509 work right here, and 6,624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Orchard.

4,708live here, work elsewhere

509live and work here

6,624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Orchard goes to work

Seattle14.3 mi away

15%789

Bremerton3.9 mi away

10%532

Port Orchard (in town)right here

10%509

Tacoma21.3 mi away

5%261

Gig Harbor14 mi away

4%215

East Port Orchard1.4 mi away

4%208

Silverdale9.3 mi away

4%204

Bellevue22.6 mi away

3%170

Kent22.1 mi away

2%98

Poulsbo14.1 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,151

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

How far

How far Port Orchard commutes

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

35%

46%

13%

35%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Orchard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Orchard are

7,133 jobs are based in Port Orchard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Orchard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Orchard

7,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Port Orchard residents hold

5,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Port Orchard, 2013 → 2023: 6,516 → 7,133. 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.