Work & commute · Atascadero

Work & commute in Atascadero, CA

About one in 5 of Atascadero’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (17%), El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (9%) and Templeton (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

2,629 of 12,450 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,821 Atascadero residents head out of town to work, 2,629 work right here, and 5,820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atascadero.

9,821live here, work elsewhere

2,629live and work here

5,820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atascadero goes to work

Atascadero (in town)right here

21%2,629

San Luis Obispo15.2 mi away

17%2,112

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)10.1 mi away

9%1,155

Templeton5.1 mi away

6%719

Los Angeles164.2 mi away

3%352

Santa Maria40.6 mi away

3%314

Morro Bay12.4 mi away

1%186

Arroyo Grande25.7 mi away

1%136

Los Osos14.5 mi away

1%110

Bakersfield93.4 mi away

1%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%4,633

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

How far

How far Atascadero commutes

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

34%

36%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atascadero is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atascadero are

8,449 jobs are based in Atascadero. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atascadero’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atascadero

8,449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Atascadero residents hold

12,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Atascadero, 2013 → 2023: 7,583 → 8,449. 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.