Work & commute · Avila Beach

Work & commute in Avila Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Avila Beach for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (32%), Pismo Beach (4%) and Los Angeles (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

57%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 466 Avila Beach residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avila Beach.

466live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avila Beach goes to work

San Luis Obispo5.5 mi away

32%151

Pismo Beach4.1 mi away

4%20

Los Angeles154.6 mi away

4%20

Santa Maria24.2 mi away

4%18

Arroyo Grande9.3 mi away

2%11

Santa Barbara79.3 mi away

2%9

Grover Beach7.9 mi away

2%8

Bakersfield95.5 mi away

1%7

Avila Beach (in town)right here

1%7

San Diego263.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%216

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

How far

How far Avila Beach commutes

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

53%

10%

32%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avila Beach is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Avila Beach are

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

Jobs based in Avila Beach

740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Avila Beach residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−77%

Jobs based in Avila Beach, 2013 → 2023: 3,226 → 740. 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.