Work & commute · Silverdale

Work & commute in Silverdale, WA

Most working residents leave Silverdale for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (14%), Bremerton (12%) and Poulsbo (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,103 of 6,943 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,840 Silverdale residents head out of town to work, 1,103 work right here, and 10,460 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silverdale.

5,840live here, work elsewhere

1,103live and work here

10,460work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silverdale goes to work

Silverdale (in town)right here

16%1,103

Seattle15.7 mi away

14%941

Bremerton9 mi away

12%849

Poulsbo5.4 mi away

6%432

Bellevue24.9 mi away

3%202

Port Orchard9.3 mi away

3%191

Bainbridge Island8.3 mi away

3%189

Bangor Base4.1 mi away

2%132

Tacoma30.5 mi away

2%130

Suquamish5.9 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,682

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

How far

How far Silverdale commutes

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

48%

30%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silverdale is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silverdale are

11,563 jobs are based in Silverdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Silverdale

11,563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Silverdale residents hold

6,943 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5%

Jobs based in Silverdale, 2013 → 2023: 11,023 → 11,563. 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.