Photo: Mccunicano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Brinnon commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Brinnon; the top destination outside it is Seattle (10%, 26 miles). 89 jobs are based in Brinnon; 303 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, next to 27 for Washington and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Brinnon
Brinnon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brinnon is Seattle, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (29) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Brinnon is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Brinnon, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brinnon has about 540 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 303 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Brinnon goes to work
About 22% 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.
Who works in Brinnon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Brinnon on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where Brinnon’s working residents head each day
Where Brinnon clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Brinnon is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brinnon, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 89. 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 Brinnon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Brinnon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brinnon workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 commuters (the 20% 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.
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 Brinnon: questions
What is the median household income in Brinnon?
$62,857 (±$14,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brinnon?
16.9%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brinnon?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brinnon work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (10%, 26 mi), Port Townsend (4%, 32 mi), Tacoma (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brinnon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brinnon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brinnon
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.