Work & commute · Suquamish

Work & commute in Suquamish, WA

Most working residents leave Suquamish for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (18%), Poulsbo (10%) and Bainbridge Island (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 1,482 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,349 Suquamish residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 1,101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Suquamish.

1,349live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

1,101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Suquamish goes to work

Seattle13.3 mi away

18%268

Poulsbo2.7 mi away

10%144

Bainbridge Island6.9 mi away

9%137

Suquamish (in town)right here

9%133

Silverdale5.9 mi away

5%78

Bremerton14.2 mi away

5%74

Port Gamble Tribal Community8.4 mi away

2%36

Bellevue21.9 mi away

2%35

Tacoma33.3 mi away

2%23

Port Orchard13.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%536

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

How far

How far Suquamish commutes

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

48%

36%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Suquamish is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Suquamish are

1,234 jobs are based in Suquamish. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Suquamish’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Suquamish

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Suquamish residents hold

1,482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−13%

Jobs based in Suquamish, 2013 → 2023: 1,423 → 1,234. 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.