Work & commute · Poulsbo

Work & commute in Poulsbo, WA

Most working residents leave Poulsbo for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (17%), Bainbridge Island (9%) and Bremerton (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

635 of 4,252 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,617 Poulsbo residents head out of town to work, 635 work right here, and 5,551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poulsbo.

3,617live here, work elsewhere

635live and work here

5,551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poulsbo goes to work

Seattle15.9 mi away

17%720

Poulsbo (in town)right here

15%635

Bainbridge Island9.2 mi away

9%401

Bremerton14.3 mi away

6%254

Silverdale5.4 mi away

6%252

Bellevue24.6 mi away

3%122

Suquamish2.7 mi away

2%94

Tacoma34.8 mi away

2%80

Port Orchard14.1 mi away

2%70

Everett25.9 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,557

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

How far

How far Poulsbo commutes

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

40%

41%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poulsbo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Poulsbo are

6,186 jobs are based in Poulsbo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poulsbo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poulsbo

6,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Poulsbo residents hold

4,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+13%

Jobs based in Poulsbo, 2013 → 2023: 5,463 → 6,186. 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.