Work & commute · Elfin Forest

Work & commute in Elfin Forest, CA

Most working residents leave Elfin Forest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (31%), Carlsbad (12%) and San Marcos (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Elfin Forest residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elfin Forest.

242live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elfin Forest goes to work

San Diego17.6 mi away

31%78

Carlsbad7 mi away

12%31

San Marcos3.7 mi away

10%24

Escondido7 mi away

6%16

Encinitas5.4 mi away

3%8

Elfin Forest (in town)right here

3%7

San Francisco460 mi away

2%6

Oceanside12.4 mi away

2%5

Los Angeles96.2 mi away

2%4

Poway11.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%67

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

How far

How far Elfin Forest commutes

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

44%

30%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elfin Forest is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elfin Forest are

518 jobs are based in Elfin Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elfin Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elfin Forest

518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Elfin Forest residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+1380%

Jobs based in Elfin Forest, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 518. 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.