About Port Angeles East

Port Angeles East is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,050 people and just one neighborhood, Port Angeles East is the 164th largest community in Washington.

Unlike some towns , Port Angeles East isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Port Angeles East are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Port Angeles East is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Angeles East who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.50%), sales jobs (9.74%), and personal care services (7.10%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Port Angeles East are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.98 minutes getting to work every day.

Port Angeles East is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Port Angeles East isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.2% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Port Angeles East does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Port Angeles East Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Port Angeles East who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 19.43% of adults in Port Angeles East have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Port Angeles East in 2000 was $19,108, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $76,432 for a family of four.

The people who call Port Angeles East home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Port Angeles East is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Port Angeles East include German, English, Norwegian, Irish, Scottish, French, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Port Angeles East is English.