Work & commute · Boronda

Work & commute in Boronda, CA

Most working residents leave Boronda for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salinas (35%), Monterey (6%) and San Jose (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 652 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 647 Boronda residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boronda.

647live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boronda goes to work

Salinas2.3 mi away

35%231

Monterey13.2 mi away

6%42

San Jose42.3 mi away

5%32

Prunedale8.3 mi away

2%16

Gilroy22.1 mi away

2%15

San Francisco103.3 mi away

2%14

Soledad26.7 mi away

2%13

Seaside9.3 mi away

1%9

Hollister18.8 mi away

1%8

Fremont57.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%264

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

How far

How far Boronda commutes

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

47%

22%

10%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boronda is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boronda are

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

Jobs based in Boronda

385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Boronda residents hold

652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−35%

Jobs based in Boronda, 2013 → 2023: 591 → 385. 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.