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Work & commute in Crest, CA

Most working residents leave Crest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (34%), El Cajon (12%) and Santee (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
12 of 1,249 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,237 Crest residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crest.

1,237live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
184work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Crest goes to work

La MesaEl CajonSanteePowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaBostoniaGranite HillsWinter GardensLa PresaCrestSpring ValleyLakesideRancho San DiegoHarbison CanyonSan DiegoEl CajonSanteeChula VistaLa MesaPowayLos AngelesLakesideHarbison CanyonSpring ValleyCrest
1
San Diego14.9 mi away
34%428
2
El Cajon5.4 mi away
12%155
3
Santee7.9 mi away
4%53
4
Chula Vista14.7 mi away
3%42
5
La Mesa8.9 mi away
3%39
6
Poway15.8 mi away
2%29
7
Los Angeles122.6 mi away
2%29
8
Lakeside4.5 mi away
2%23
9
Harbison Canyon2.5 mi away
2%19
10
Spring Valley8 mi away
1%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%418

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

How far

How far Crest commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Crest is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crest are

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

Jobs based in Crest

196 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)52%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Crest residents hold

1,249 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+11%

Jobs based in Crest, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 196. 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.

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