Photo: Westcoast-trekker · CC BY-SA 4.0Allyn has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers work from home; Washington has 20%. Employers in Allyn report 297 jobs, and 741 of its residents work somewhere. Allyn grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Allyn: the gist
Allyn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Allyn workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 741 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Allyn’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Allyn is better than 65% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Allyn’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Allyn’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Allyn could be anywhere from B− to B+.
A commute of about 40 minutes in Allyn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allyn workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 772 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Allyn
On a workday 727 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Allyn on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Bremerton
Where Allyn clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Allyn: what the 297 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allyn, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 297. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Allyn’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Allyn start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Allyn is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Allyn near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 807 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Allyn households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Allyn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Allyn next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200: 1,414th of 4,995 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,412 | Plympton MA | 2,985 | $127K | 10.3% | 5.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,413 | Hopkins Township MI | 2,754 | $89K | 14.5% | 2.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,414 | Allyn WA | 2,404 | $98K | 1.4% | 6.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,415 | Paynesville MN | 2,591 | $75K | 5.6% | 2.4% | 34% | B+ |
| 1,416 | St. George ME | 2,595 | $89K | 7.7% | 0.0% | 22% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Allyn, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allyn: questions
What is the median household income in Allyn?
$97,716 (±$18,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allyn?
1.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allyn?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allyn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bremerton (9%, 12 mi), Seattle (8%, 28 mi), Tacoma (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Allyn walkable?
Allyn is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Allyn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allyn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.