Work & commute · Boulder Creek

Work & commute in Boulder Creek, CA

Most working residents leave Boulder Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Jose (12%), Santa Cruz (8%) and Santa Clara (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 2,154 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 2,029 Boulder Creek residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder Creek.

2,029live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder Creek goes to work

San Jose20.5 mi away

12%269

Santa Cruz12.1 mi away

8%165

Boulder Creek (in town)right here

6%125

Santa Clara18.2 mi away

4%80

San Francisco64.4 mi away

3%73

Scotts Valley8.4 mi away

3%70

Palo Alto18.2 mi away

3%69

Mountain View18.5 mi away

3%58

Ben Lomond4.4 mi away

3%58

Cupertino13.6 mi away

3%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,132

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

How far

How far Boulder Creek commutes

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

19%

50%

18%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder Creek is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder Creek are

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

Jobs based in Boulder Creek

562 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Boulder Creek residents hold

2,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+4%

Jobs based in Boulder Creek, 2013 → 2023: 539 → 562. 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.