Work & commute · Fairbanks Ranch

Work & commute in Fairbanks Ranch, CA

Most working residents leave Fairbanks Ranch for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (49%), Los Angeles (5%) and Carlsbad (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 911 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 891 Fairbanks Ranch residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 1,306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairbanks Ranch.

891live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

1,306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairbanks Ranch goes to work

San Diego11.8 mi away

49%444

Los Angeles100.1 mi away

5%46

Carlsbad11 mi away

3%29

Escondido11.7 mi away

2%21

Fairbanks Ranch (in town)right here

2%20

Irvine58.2 mi away

2%19

Encinitas6 mi away

2%16

Poway9.6 mi away

2%14

San Francisco464.1 mi away

1%12

Chula Vista27 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%279

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

How far

How far Fairbanks Ranch commutes

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

44%

26%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairbanks Ranch is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairbanks Ranch are

1,326 jobs are based in Fairbanks Ranch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairbanks Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairbanks Ranch

1,326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Fairbanks Ranch residents hold

911 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+404%

Jobs based in Fairbanks Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 1,326. 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.