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Work & commute in Del Rey Oaks, CA

Most working residents leave Del Rey Oaks for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Monterey (31%), Salinas (11%) and Seaside (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
27 of 739 working residents
Typical commute
5 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 712 Del Rey Oaks residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Del Rey Oaks.

712live here, work elsewhere
27live and work here
520work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Del Rey Oaks goes to work

Carmel-by-the-SeaDel Rey OaksPacific GroveGreenfieldSoledadMontereyMarinaSeasideSalinasSan JoseSan FranciscoDel Monte ForestPrunedaleMontereySalinasSeasidePacific GroveSan JoseCarmel-by-the-SeaSan FranciscoMarinaDel Monte ForestDel Rey Oaks
1
Monterey3.1 mi away
31%226
2
Salinas12.9 mi away
11%80
3
Seaside2.5 mi away
5%39
4
Pacific Grove5.8 mi away
4%33
5
Del Rey Oaks (in town)right here
4%27
6
San Jose48.8 mi away
3%23
7
Carmel-by-the-Sea5.7 mi away
2%15
8
San Francisco102.8 mi away
2%15
9
Marina6.7 mi away
2%14
10
Del Monte Forest6.1 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%255

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

How far

How far Del Rey Oaks commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Del Rey Oaks is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Del Rey Oaks are

547 jobs are based in Del Rey Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Del Rey Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Del Rey Oaks

547 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Del Rey Oaks residents hold

739 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+13%

Jobs based in Del Rey Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 547. 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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