Work & commute · Callender

Work & commute in Callender, CA

Most working residents leave Callender for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Maria (20%), San Luis Obispo (13%) and Arroyo Grande (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 394 Callender residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Callender.

394live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Callender goes to work

Santa Maria10.9 mi away

20%82

San Luis Obispo16 mi away

13%54

Arroyo Grande5.3 mi away

5%19

Grover Beach5.6 mi away

3%14

Callender (in town)right here

3%14

Los Angeles142.3 mi away

3%13

Pismo Beach9.1 mi away

2%10

Orcutt15.1 mi away

2%8

Nipomo4.6 mi away

2%8

San Francisco230.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%180

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

How far

How far Callender commutes

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

26%

38%

31%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Callender is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Callender are

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

Jobs based in Callender

653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Callender residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+87%

Jobs based in Callender, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 653. 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.