Work & commute · Amesti

Work & commute in Amesti, CA

Most working residents leave Amesti for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Watsonville (18%), Santa Cruz (9%) and San Jose (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,168 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,119 Amesti residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amesti.

1,119live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amesti goes to work

Watsonville2.2 mi away

18%211

Santa Cruz14.3 mi away

9%108

San Jose23.6 mi away

9%102

Live Oak11.4 mi away

4%51

Amesti (in town)right here

4%49

Capitola9.8 mi away

3%38

Salinas20 mi away

2%24

Scotts Valley14.6 mi away

2%21

Aptos6.8 mi away

2%21

San Francisco87.1 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%523

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Amesti commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amesti is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Amesti are

250 jobs are based in Amesti. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amesti’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amesti

250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Amesti residents hold

1,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−12%

Jobs based in Amesti, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 250. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.