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Work & commute · Del Mar

Work & commute in Del Mar, CA

Most working residents leave Del Mar for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (50%), Carlsbad (4%) and Encinitas (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
146 of 1,567 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
49%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,421 Del Mar residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 2,996 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Del Mar.

1,421live here, work elsewhere
146live and work here
2,996work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Del Mar goes to work

Del MarSolana BeachSan MarcosVistaEncinitasOceansideEscondidoCarlsbadPowaySan DiegoLos AngelesSan FranciscoIrvineSan DiegoCarlsbadEncinitasSolana BeachLos AngelesIrvinePowaySan FranciscoEscondidoDel Mar
1
San Diego12.3 mi away
50%782
2
Del Mar (in town)right here
9%146
3
Carlsbad11.5 mi away
4%60
4
Encinitas6.1 mi away
4%56
5
Solana Beach2 mi away
3%52
6
Los Angeles98.5 mi away
3%50
7
Irvine57.5 mi away
1%22
8
Poway14.1 mi away
1%20
9
San Francisco462.5 mi away
1%19
10
Escondido16 mi away
1%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%345

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

How far

How far Del Mar commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Del Mar is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Del Mar are

3,142 jobs are based in Del Mar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Del Mar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Del Mar

3,142 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)91%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Del Mar residents hold

1,567 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month75%
+2%

Jobs based in Del Mar, 2013 → 2023: 3,075 → 3,142. 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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