Photo: Dcoetzee · Public domainEarning a living in Keyport
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Washington has 20%. Hardly any work in Keyport itself; outside it, Seattle draws the most (16%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes, where Washington has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Keyport by day
On a workday 196 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Keyport on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
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 Keyport’s working residents head each day
Where Keyport clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
81% of the jobs in Keyport pay over $3,333 a month
270 jobs are based in Keyport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keyport, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 270. 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 Keyport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Keyport spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keyport workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Keyport
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.
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 Keyport: questions
What is the poverty rate in Keyport?
11.4%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keyport?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keyport work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (16%, 14 mi), Bremerton (12%, 12 mi), Silverdale (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keyport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Keyport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keyport
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.