Work & commute · Escondido

Work & commute in Escondido, CA

Most working residents leave Escondido for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (24%), San Marcos (7%) and Carlsbad (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

11,076 of 64,538 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 53,462 Escondido residents head out of town to work, 11,076 work right here, and 38,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Escondido.

53,462live here, work elsewhere

11,076live and work here

38,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Escondido goes to work

San Diego21.1 mi away

24%15,444

Escondido (in town)right here

17%11,076

San Marcos5.6 mi away

7%4,462

Carlsbad12.2 mi away

6%3,583

Vista10.3 mi away

4%2,407

Poway10.5 mi away

3%1,922

Oceanside14.9 mi away

3%1,823

Los Angeles98.3 mi away

3%1,770

Encinitas12.4 mi away

2%997

Irvine55.1 mi away

1%776

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%20,278

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

How far

How far Escondido commutes

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

35%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Escondido is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Escondido are

49,089 jobs are based in Escondido. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Escondido’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Escondido

49,089 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Escondido residents hold

64,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+21%

Jobs based in Escondido, 2013 → 2023: 40,639 → 49,089. 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.