Photo: Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0Pacific Beach has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Pacific Beach for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (13%, 91 miles). There are 35 jobs in Pacific Beach, and 96 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pacific Beach, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
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 the trip to work from Pacific Beach ends
Where Pacific Beach clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pacific Beach, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 35. 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 Pacific Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pacific Beach’s workers travel
About 48% 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.
Around Pacific Beach: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pacific Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Beach | – | — | — | — | — |
| Moclips | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Moclips: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pacific Beach’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 Pacific Beach: questions
Where do people who live in Pacific Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (13%, 91 mi), Ocean Shores (9%, 17 mi), Aberdeen (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pacific Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pacific Beach
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.