Work & commute · Del Monte Forest

Work & commute in Del Monte Forest, CA

Most working residents leave Del Monte Forest for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Monterey (17%), Pacific Grove (6%) and Salinas (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 1,106 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,004 Del Monte Forest residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 2,453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Del Monte Forest.

1,004live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

2,453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Del Monte Forest goes to work

Monterey3.4 mi away

17%193

Del Monte Forest (in town)right here

9%102

Pacific Grove2.9 mi away

6%66

Salinas18.5 mi away

5%57

San Francisco99.4 mi away

5%50

Carmel-by-the-Sea2.2 mi away

4%46

San Jose49.8 mi away

4%44

Seaside7.3 mi away

2%27

Watsonville25.3 mi away

1%16

Fresno119.5 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%491

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

How far

How far Del Monte Forest commutes

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

46%

38%

46%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Del Monte Forest is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Del Monte Forest are

2,555 jobs are based in Del Monte Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Del Monte Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Del Monte Forest

2,555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Del Monte Forest residents hold

1,106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+1%

Jobs based in Del Monte Forest, 2013 → 2023: 2,541 → 2,555. 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.