Roche Harbor · Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Roche Harbor
A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, next to 27 for Washington and 26 for the U.S. Only 4% work in Roche Harbor itself; outside it, Friday Harbor draws the most (31%, 7 miles). Roche Harbor has 150 jobs, and 225 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Roche Harbor apart on work
Roche Harbor and Friday Harbor trade workers both ways
Friday Harbor is the top workplace for Roche Harbor residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Roche Harbor come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Roche Harbor are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 38 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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Roche Harbor goes to work
Where Roche Harbor clocks in
31% of workers
11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Roche Harbor
About 37% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Roche Harbor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roche Harbor workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 23% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Roche Harbor
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Roche Harbor on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
67% of the jobs in Roche Harbor pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roche Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 150. 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 Roche Harbor’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 Roche Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Roche Harbor?
$94,167 (±$23,579) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roche Harbor?
10.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roche Harbor?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roche Harbor work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Friday Harbor (31%, 7 mi), Seattle (11%, 77 mi), Bellingham (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roche Harbor without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roche Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roche Harbor
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.