Work & commute · Southworth

Work & commute in Southworth, WA

Most working residents leave Southworth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (23%), Port Orchard (9%) and Bremerton (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 861 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 854 Southworth residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southworth.

854live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southworth goes to work

Seattle11.1 mi away

23%195

Port Orchard5 mi away

9%75

Bremerton8.8 mi away

7%57

Tacoma18.4 mi away

5%47

East Port Orchard4 mi away

5%39

Bellevue18.4 mi away

3%30

Kent17.2 mi away

3%24

Gig Harbor12.6 mi away

3%22

Silverdale12.7 mi away

2%17

Tukwila12.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%340

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

How far

How far Southworth commutes

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

31%

55%

31%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southworth is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southworth are

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

Jobs based in Southworth

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Southworth residents hold

861 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+83%

Jobs based in Southworth, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 99. 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.