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Work & commute · Ben Lomond

Work & commute in Ben Lomond, CA

Most working residents leave Ben Lomond for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (13%), San Jose (11%) and Scotts Valley (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
155 of 2,767 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 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 2,612 Ben Lomond residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ben Lomond.

2,612live here, work elsewhere
155live and work here
602work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ben Lomond goes to work

Scotts ValleyWatsonvilleSanta CruzSanta ClaraPalo AltoSan JoseSan FranciscoZayanteLive OakLompicoBrookdaleFeltonBoulder CreekBen LomondBonny DoonSanta CruzSan JoseScotts ValleySanta ClaraLive OakSan FranciscoPalo AltoFeltonWatsonvilleBen Lomond
1
Santa Cruz7.7 mi away
13%373
2
San Jose21.3 mi away
11%304
3
Scotts Valley4.5 mi away
6%178
4
Ben Lomond (in town)right here
6%155
5
Santa Clara20.9 mi away
3%82
6
Live Oak8.7 mi away
3%80
7
San Francisco68.5 mi away
3%79
8
Palo Alto22.2 mi away
3%77
9
Felton2.7 mi away
3%77
10
Watsonville20.4 mi away
2%58
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%1,304

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

How far

How far Ben Lomond commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ben Lomond is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ben Lomond are

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

Jobs based in Ben Lomond

757 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ben Lomond residents hold

2,767 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−6%

Jobs based in Ben Lomond, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 757. 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.

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