Work & commute · Day Valley

Work & commute in Day Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Day Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (13%), Watsonville (12%) and Aptos (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,287 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,272 Day Valley residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Day Valley.

1,272live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Day Valley goes to work

Santa Cruz10.5 mi away

13%166

Watsonville8.4 mi away

12%153

Aptos3.1 mi away

8%97

Live Oak7.4 mi away

5%65

San Jose18.8 mi away

5%59

Capitola6.4 mi away

3%43

Scotts Valley8.8 mi away

3%36

San Francisco80.8 mi away

3%36

Soquel5.4 mi away

2%30

Rio del Mar4.9 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%575

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

How far

How far Day Valley commutes

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

48%

18%

14%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Day Valley is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Day Valley are

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

Jobs based in Day Valley

273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Day Valley residents hold

1,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+137%

Jobs based in Day Valley, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 273. 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.