Work & commute · Sequim

Work & commute in Sequim, WA

About one in 5 of Sequim’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Port Angeles (12%), Seattle (7%) and Blyn (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

612 of 2,832 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,220 Sequim residents head out of town to work, 612 work right here, and 3,759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sequim.

2,220live here, work elsewhere

612live and work here

3,759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sequim goes to work

Sequim (in town)right here

22%612

Port Angeles17 mi away

12%336

Seattle46.3 mi away

7%210

Blyn6.6 mi away

3%90

Carlsborg3.9 mi away

3%78

Tacoma63.8 mi away

2%66

Port Townsend14.1 mi away

2%55

Everett42.2 mi away

2%55

Bellevue54.2 mi away

2%54

Federal Way63.1 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,239

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

How far

How far Sequim commutes

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

32%

17%

19%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sequim is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sequim are

4,371 jobs are based in Sequim. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sequim’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sequim

4,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Sequim residents hold

2,832 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+22%

Jobs based in Sequim, 2013 → 2023: 3,578 → 4,371. 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.