Photo: Drums600 at English Wikipedia · Public domainSeabeck has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
126 jobs are based in Seabeck for 359 working residents. Only 1% stay in Seabeck for work; outside it, Silverdale is the main destination (15%, 6 miles). 11% of workers work from home, where Washington as a whole has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Seabeck at work: what stands out
Each way, about 37 minutes from Seabeck
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seabeck workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who leaves Seabeck for work, and who comes in
On a workday 354 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Seabeck on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Seabeck goes to work
Where Seabeck clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
What Seabeck’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seabeck, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 126. 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 Seabeck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Seabeck works
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 Seabeck: questions
What is the median household income in Seabeck?
$106,667 (±$55,042) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seabeck?
9.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seabeck?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seabeck work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silverdale (15%, 6 mi), Bremerton (15%, 9 mi), Seattle (11%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seabeck without a car?
0% 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 Seabeck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seabeck
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.