Work & commute · Buellton

Work & commute in Buellton, CA

Most working residents leave Buellton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Barbara (15%), Goleta (10%) and Solvang (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

284 of 2,316 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,032 Buellton residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 3,073 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buellton.

2,032live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

3,073work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buellton goes to work

Santa Barbara31 mi away

15%342

Buellton (in town)right here

12%284

Goleta22.8 mi away

10%241

Solvang3.4 mi away

9%220

Santa Ynez5.6 mi away

4%89

Eastern Goleta Valley26.1 mi away

4%87

Santa Maria26.1 mi away

4%85

Los Angeles109.8 mi away

3%68

Lompoc16.1 mi away

3%61

Los Olivos5.4 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%801

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

How far

How far Buellton commutes

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

35%

17%

25%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buellton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buellton are

3,357 jobs are based in Buellton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buellton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buellton

3,357 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Buellton residents hold

2,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+49%

Jobs based in Buellton, 2013 → 2023: 2,260 → 3,357. 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.