Work & commute · Boulevard

Work & commute in Boulevard, CA

Most working residents leave Boulevard for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (24%), Chula Vista (5%) and El Cajon (3%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Boulevard residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulevard.

117live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulevard goes to work

San Diego49.7 mi away

24%29

Chula Vista42.3 mi away

5%6

El Cajon40.1 mi away

3%4

Carlsbad66.1 mi away

3%4

Poway48 mi away

3%4

Boulevard (in town)right here

3%4

Jacumba6.1 mi away

3%4

Alpine29.8 mi away

3%4

Lemon Grove43.6 mi away

2%2

San Clemente93.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%58

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

How far

How far Boulevard commutes

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

15%

44%

39%

15%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulevard is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulevard are

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

Jobs based in Boulevard

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Boulevard residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Boulevard, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 40. 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.