Work & commute · Bonny Doon

Work & commute in Bonny Doon, CA

Most working residents leave Bonny Doon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (19%), San Jose (10%) and Scotts Valley (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 949 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 928 Bonny Doon residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonny Doon.

928live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonny Doon goes to work

Santa Cruz7.4 mi away

19%178

San Jose24.9 mi away

10%96

Scotts Valley7 mi away

4%38

San Francisco68.2 mi away

3%28

Live Oak9.5 mi away

2%23

Palo Alto24.4 mi away

2%22

Bonny Doon (in town)right here

2%21

Watsonville21.8 mi away

2%20

Salinas37 mi away

2%19

Mountain View24.8 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%488

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

How far

How far Bonny Doon commutes

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

31%

28%

21%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonny Doon is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonny Doon are

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

Jobs based in Bonny Doon

486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Bonny Doon residents hold

949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+96%

Jobs based in Bonny Doon, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 486. 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.