Work & commute · Blacklake

Work & commute in Blacklake, CA

Most working residents leave Blacklake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (14%), Santa Maria (13%) and Arroyo Grande (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 312 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 310 Blacklake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blacklake.

310live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blacklake goes to work

San Luis Obispo16.7 mi away

14%43

Santa Maria9.7 mi away

13%40

Arroyo Grande5.8 mi away

8%26

Los Angeles140.5 mi away

4%13

Pismo Beach10.5 mi away

4%11

Grover Beach6.7 mi away

3%10

Nipomo2.7 mi away

3%10

Bakersfield87.3 mi away

2%7

San Diego248.8 mi away

2%5

Los Berros2.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%142

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

How far

How far Blacklake commutes

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

34%

28%

32%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blacklake is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blacklake are

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

Jobs based in Blacklake

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Blacklake residents hold

312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1500%

Jobs based in Blacklake, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 96. 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.