Hamilton-Worthington House · Photo: Washington Our Home · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Quilcene
About one in ten stay in Quilcene for work; outside it, Seattle is the main destination (8%, 30 miles). 29% of workers work from home (Washington 20%). Working residents average 50 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Quilcene: the gist
Quilcene workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 27 across Washington. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Quilcene’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Quilcene is Seattle, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (18) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Quilcene works from home
29% of Quilcene workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. 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 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Quilcene, about 50 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quilcene workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 29% 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.
The commute from Quilcene, by distance
About 19% 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.
Quilcene on a workday afternoon
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 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 Quilcene’s working residents head each day
Where Quilcene clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Quilcene
202 jobs are based in Quilcene.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quilcene, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 202. 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 Quilcene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Quilcene: questions
What is the median household income in Quilcene?
$34,464 (±$25,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quilcene?
26.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quilcene?
50 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quilcene work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (8%, 30 mi), Port Townsend (7%, 20 mi), Bremerton (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quilcene without a car?
36% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quilcene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quilcene
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.