Work & commute · Cayucos

Work & commute in Cayucos, CA

Most working residents leave Cayucos for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (17%), Morro Bay (8%) and Santa Maria (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

109 of 893 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 784 Cayucos residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cayucos.

784live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cayucos goes to work

San Luis Obispo17.3 mi away

17%150

Cayucos (in town)right here

12%109

Morro Bay5 mi away

8%72

Santa Maria43.1 mi away

3%31

Los Osos9.9 mi away

3%31

Atascadero11.8 mi away

3%28

Los Angeles171.6 mi away

3%27

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)18.7 mi away

3%26

Arroyo Grande27.8 mi away

3%24

Cambria13.4 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%372

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

How far

How far Cayucos commutes

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

24%

38%

10%

27%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cayucos is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cayucos are

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

Jobs based in Cayucos

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Cayucos residents hold

893 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in Cayucos, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 453. 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.