Work & commute · Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley

Work & commute in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Watsonville (13%), Santa Cruz (10%) and San Jose (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 932 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 904 Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 486 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley.

904live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

486work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley goes to work

Watsonville4.4 mi away

13%122

Santa Cruz11.1 mi away

10%93

San Jose23 mi away

10%89

Live Oak8.2 mi away

5%50

Aptos3.7 mi away

3%32

San Francisco84.3 mi away

3%28

Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley (in town)right here

3%28

Capitola6.6 mi away

3%24

Rio del Mar2.8 mi away

2%22

Santa Clara28.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%425

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

How far

How far Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley commutes

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

42%

25%

17%

16%

42%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley are

514 jobs are based in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley

514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley residents hold

932 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+88%

Jobs based in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 514. 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.