Work & commute · Quilcene

Work & commute in Quilcene, WA

Most working residents leave Quilcene for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (8%), Port Townsend (7%) and Bremerton (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Quilcene residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quilcene.

207live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quilcene goes to work

Quilcene (in town)right here

8%19

Seattle30.2 mi away

8%18

Port Townsend20.3 mi away

7%15

Bremerton22.6 mi away

4%9

Everett34.5 mi away

3%6

Sequim18.1 mi away

2%5

Renton41.6 mi away

2%5

Port Angeles31.4 mi away

2%4

Olympia55.2 mi away

2%4

Bellevue38.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%137

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

How far

How far Quilcene commutes

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

13%

33%

35%

19%

13%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quilcene is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Quilcene are

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

Jobs based in Quilcene

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Quilcene residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+71%

Jobs based in Quilcene, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 202. 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.