Work & commute · Camp Pendleton South

Work & commute in Camp Pendleton South, CA

Most working residents leave Camp Pendleton South for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (20%), Los Angeles (7%) and Irvine (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 2,203 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,189 Camp Pendleton South residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 912 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camp Pendleton South.

2,189live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

912work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camp Pendleton South goes to work

San Diego32.1 mi away

20%434

Los Angeles79.8 mi away

7%161

Irvine37.6 mi away

4%85

Oceanside5.2 mi away

3%70

Carlsbad9.7 mi away

2%55

San Francisco443.7 mi away

2%50

Newport Beach38.4 mi away

1%32

Chula Vista47.3 mi away

1%31

Riverside48.7 mi away

1%30

Poway27.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,226

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

How far

How far Camp Pendleton South commutes

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

10%

40%

43%

7%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camp Pendleton South is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Camp Pendleton South are

926 jobs are based in Camp Pendleton South. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camp Pendleton South’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camp Pendleton South

926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Camp Pendleton South residents hold

2,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+310%

Jobs based in Camp Pendleton South, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 926. 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.