Work & commute · Cambria

Work & commute in Cambria, CA

About one in 3 of Cambria’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (7%), Los Angeles (4%) and El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

653 of 1,873 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,220 Cambria residents head out of town to work, 653 work right here, and 898 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambria.

1,220live here, work elsewhere

653live and work here

898work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambria goes to work

Cambria (in town)right here

35%653

San Luis Obispo30.6 mi away

7%140

Los Angeles185 mi away

4%71

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)24.9 mi away

3%54

Morro Bay17.8 mi away

2%33

Santa Maria56 mi away

2%31

Atascadero22.7 mi away

2%31

Los Osos22.4 mi away

2%30

Bakersfield116 mi away

1%23

San Francisco185.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%785

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

How far

How far Cambria commutes

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

39%

11%

15%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambria is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambria are

1,551 jobs are based in Cambria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cambria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cambria

1,551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Cambria residents hold

1,873 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+11%

Jobs based in Cambria, 2013 → 2023: 1,397 → 1,551. 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.