Work & commute · Bonsall

Work & commute in Bonsall, CA

Most working residents leave Bonsall for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (16%), Oceanside (9%) and Carlsbad (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,873 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,753 Bonsall residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonsall.

1,753live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonsall goes to work

San Diego31 mi away

16%304

Oceanside7.5 mi away

9%162

Carlsbad11.5 mi away

7%138

Vista6.5 mi away

7%127

Bonsall (in town)right here

6%120

Escondido11.9 mi away

6%115

San Marcos9.8 mi away

5%93

Fallbrook7.1 mi away

3%57

Los Angeles86.9 mi away

3%47

Encinitas16 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%674

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

How far

How far Bonsall commutes

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

30%

21%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonsall is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonsall are

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

Jobs based in Bonsall

928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bonsall residents hold

1,873 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−17%

Jobs based in Bonsall, 2013 → 2023: 1,120 → 928. 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.