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Work & commute in El Rio, CA

Most working residents leave El Rio for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oxnard (19%), Los Angeles (13%) and San Buenaventura (Ventura) (11%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
104 of 3,501 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,397 El Rio residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 2,804 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Rio.

3,397live here, work elsewhere
104live and work here
2,804work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where El Rio goes to work

Port HuenemeSanta PaulaMoorparkSan Buenaventura (Ventura)Santa BarbaraCamarilloSimi ValleyOxnardThousand OaksLos AngelesLong BeachBakersfieldEl RioOxnardLos AngelesSan Buenaventura (Ventura)CamarilloThousand OaksSanta BarbaraSimi ValleyBakersfieldLong BeachEl Rio
1
Oxnard4.3 mi away
19%654
2
Los Angeles45.4 mi away
13%466
3
San Buenaventura (Ventura)5.8 mi away
11%385
4
Camarillo7.3 mi away
7%257
5
Thousand Oaks16.5 mi away
3%110
6
El Rio (in town)right here
3%104
7
Santa Barbara33.6 mi away
2%68
8
Simi Valley23.4 mi away
1%50
9
Bakersfield76.8 mi away
1%50
10
Long Beach65.1 mi away
1%47
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%1,310

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

How far

How far El Rio commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
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El Rio is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in El Rio are

2,908 jobs are based in El Rio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Rio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Rio

2,908 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)70%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)19%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs El Rio residents hold

3,501 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+26%

Jobs based in El Rio, 2013 → 2023: 2,314 → 2,908. 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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