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Work & commute · Bostonia

Work & commute in Bostonia, CA

Most working residents leave Bostonia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (38%), El Cajon (14%) and Santee (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
112 of 7,189 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,077 Bostonia residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 2,132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bostonia.

7,077live here, work elsewhere
112live and work here
2,132work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bostonia goes to work

La MesaEl CajonSanteeCarlsbadPowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaBostoniaWinter GardensLa PresaLakesideRancho San DiegoSan DiegoEl CajonSanteeLa MesaChula VistaLos AngelesPowayLakesideCarlsbadBostonia
1
San Diego10.4 mi away
38%2,730
2
El Cajon1.6 mi away
14%992
3
Santee3.6 mi away
4%308
4
La Mesa5.4 mi away
4%266
5
Chula Vista13.9 mi away
3%201
6
Los Angeles118.5 mi away
2%159
7
Poway12.5 mi away
2%145
8
Bostonia (in town)right here
2%112
9
Lakeside3.4 mi away
1%85
10
Carlsbad29.2 mi away
1%66
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%2,125

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

How far

How far Bostonia commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bostonia 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 Bostonia are

2,244 jobs are based in Bostonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bostonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bostonia

2,244 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bostonia residents hold

7,189 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+1%

Jobs based in Bostonia, 2013 → 2023: 2,231 → 2,244. 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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