Work & commute · Aromas

Work & commute in Aromas, CA

Most working residents leave Aromas for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Watsonville (10%), San Jose (9%) and Salinas (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 1,056 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,038 Aromas residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aromas.

1,038live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aromas goes to work

Watsonville8.5 mi away

10%110

San Jose30.7 mi away

9%92

Salinas12.8 mi away

8%89

Santa Cruz23.4 mi away

4%41

Hollister12.8 mi away

4%39

Gilroy9.3 mi away

4%38

Monterey23.6 mi away

3%33

Live Oak20.8 mi away

2%25

Morgan Hill17.7 mi away

2%22

Prunedale4.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%547

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

How far

How far Aromas commutes

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

23%

37%

18%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aromas is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aromas are

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

Jobs based in Aromas

470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Aromas residents hold

1,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+103%

Jobs based in Aromas, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 470. 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.