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Work & commute · Bonita

Work & commute in Bonita, CA

Most working residents leave Bonita for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (44%), Chula Vista (14%) and National City (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
131 of 5,692 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,561 Bonita residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 2,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonita.

5,561live here, work elsewhere
131live and work here
2,036work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Bonita goes to work

Lemon GroveNational CityLa MesaEl CajonSanteePowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaIrvineBonitaLa PresaSpring ValleySan DiegoChula VistaNational CityLos AngelesEl CajonLa MesaPowayIrvineSanteeBonita
1
San Diego12.9 mi away
44%2,532
2
Chula Vista3.1 mi away
14%771
3
National City5.5 mi away
4%244
4
Bonita (in town)right here
2%131
5
Los Angeles123.6 mi away
2%126
6
El Cajon9.4 mi away
2%107
7
La Mesa6.9 mi away
2%92
8
Poway21.9 mi away
1%60
9
Irvine82.5 mi away
1%60
10
Santee12.7 mi away
1%50
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%1,519

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

How far

How far Bonita commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bonita is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonita are

2,167 jobs are based in Bonita. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonita’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bonita

2,167 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bonita residents hold

5,692 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+52%

Jobs based in Bonita, 2013 → 2023: 1,429 → 2,167. 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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