There are 2.1 jobs in Bangor Base for every working resident, and 1,393 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Bangor Base B; getting around on foot earns it A. 1,425 jobs are based in Bangor Base, against 682 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 94.7 in Seattle.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bangor Base stands out on work
Bangor Base is where the jobs are
Bangor Base has 1,425 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Bangor Base pay better than its residents’ jobs
89% of the jobs based in Bangor Base pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Bangor Base residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Bangor Base. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bangor Base are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. 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 682 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Bangor Base’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bangor Base is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #152 of 285 in Washington. The poverty rate holds Bangor Base’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Bangor Base’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bangor Base could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who commutes out of Bangor Base, and who commutes in
On a workday 650 residents head out to work and 32 work right here.
About 6,900 people are in Bangor Base on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Bangor Base
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bangor Base, 2013 → 2023: 1,327 → 1,425. 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 Bangor Base’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bangor Base takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bangor Base workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,577 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where Bangor Base’s workers come from
Where Bangor Base clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Bangor Base commutes
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bangor Base
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bangor Base is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #36 of 285 in Washington. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 40.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 9.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,789 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 51% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 1.3% of Bangor Base households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bangor Base’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bangor Base is 1,503rd among 3,370 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Normandy Park WA | 6,609 | $162K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 208 | Wollochet WA | 6,689 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,501 | Milton NH | 4,562 | $94K | 8.1% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,502 | South Sarasota FL | 4,837 | $93K | 9.5% | 5.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,503 | Bangor Base WA | 6,112 | $80K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,504 | Estes Park CO | 5,780 | $86K | 8.0% | 0.8% | 47% | B |
| 1,505 | South Gate Ridge FL | 5,310 | $70K | 7.5% | 4.7% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bangor Base, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Bangor Base and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Silverdale (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bangor Base workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Base | – | B | A | 14 min | $79,918 |
| Silverdale | 9% | B | A | 24 min | $105,483 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bangor Base’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bangor Base: questions
What is the median household income in Bangor Base?
$79,918 (±$10,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bangor Base?
5.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bangor Base?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bangor Base work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silverdale (9%, 4 mi), Seattle (8%, 18 mi), Bremerton (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bangor Base walkable?
Bangor Base is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 40% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bangor Base without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 51% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bangor Base, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bangor Base
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.