Work & commute · Encinitas

Work & commute in Encinitas, CA

Most working residents leave Encinitas for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (31%), Carlsbad (10%) and Los Angeles (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

3,597 of 24,281 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 20,684 Encinitas residents head out of town to work, 3,597 work right here, and 20,526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Encinitas.

20,684live here, work elsewhere

3,597live and work here

20,526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Encinitas goes to work

San Diego17.3 mi away

31%7,462

Encinitas (in town)right here

15%3,597

Carlsbad5.5 mi away

10%2,316

Los Angeles94 mi away

3%738

Oceanside12.3 mi away

3%706

San Marcos7.9 mi away

3%609

Solana Beach4.1 mi away

2%606

Irvine52.3 mi away

2%515

Escondido12.4 mi away

2%490

Vista9.7 mi away

2%488

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%6,754

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

How far

How far Encinitas commutes

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

40%

32%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Encinitas is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Encinitas are

24,123 jobs are based in Encinitas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Encinitas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Encinitas

24,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Encinitas residents hold

24,281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+10%

Jobs based in Encinitas, 2013 → 2023: 21,977 → 24,123. 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.