Most of Rocky Point commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Rocky Point B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Rocky Point has 24 jobs, and 568 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 12% of workers; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rocky Point, in brief
Rocky Point is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Rocky Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rocky Point has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rocky Point and Bremerton trade workers both ways
Bremerton is the top workplace for Rocky Point residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Rocky Point come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 568 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Rocky Point’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rocky Point is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rocky Point’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Rocky Point’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rocky Point could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Rocky Point
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Rocky Point on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
21% of working residents work in Bremerton
Where Rocky Point clocks in
21% of workers
18% 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.
Jobs in Rocky Point: what the 24 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocky Point, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 24. 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 Rocky Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rocky Point’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocky Point workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 795 commuters (the 12% 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.
How many miles Rocky Point commutes
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.
The commute in Rocky Point is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rocky Point is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 900 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Rocky Point households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Rocky Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rocky Point ranks: 1,105th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 33 | Ames Lake WA | 1,245 | $250K | 1.1% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,103 | Prairie Township IN | 1,780 | $84K | 4.7% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,104 | Osceola WI | 1,874 | $103K | 8.4% | 3.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,105 | Rocky Point WA | 1,716 | $86K | 5.2% | 4.7% | 0% | B+ |
| 1,106 | South Palm Beach FL | 1,488 | $92K | 12.3% | 2.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,107 | Cross Plains TN | 1,919 | $76K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rocky Point, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Work next door: 21% of Rocky Point’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rocky Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point | – | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $85,521 |
| Bremerton | 21% | C+ | A+ | 25 min | $74,940 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bremerton. Darker towns draw more of Rocky Point’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 Rocky Point: questions
What is the median household income in Rocky Point?
$85,521 (±$28,954) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocky Point?
5.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocky Point?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocky Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bremerton (21%, 4 mi), Seattle (18%, 15 mi), Silverdale (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rocky Point walkable?
Rocky Point is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rocky Point without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocky Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocky Point
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.