Work & commute · Roche Harbor

Work & commute in Roche Harbor, WA

Most working residents leave Roche Harbor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Friday Harbor (31%), Seattle (11%) and Bellingham (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 215 Roche Harbor residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roche Harbor.

215live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roche Harbor goes to work

Friday Harbor7.2 mi away

31%70

Seattle77.1 mi away

11%25

Bellingham31.8 mi away

6%13

Bellevue83 mi away

5%11

Roche Harbor (in town)right here

4%10

Redmond79.5 mi away

2%4

Kirkland76 mi away

1%3

Kent94.2 mi away

1%3

Sedro-Woolley41.6 mi away

1%2

Oak Harbor31.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%82

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

How far

How far Roche Harbor commutes

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

49%

10%

37%

49%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roche Harbor is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roche Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Roche Harbor

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Roche Harbor residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−36%

Jobs based in Roche Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 150. 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.