Work & commute · Fallbrook

Work & commute in Fallbrook, CA

Most working residents leave Fallbrook for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (13%), Oceanside (6%) and Carlsbad (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,137 of 12,390 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,253 Fallbrook residents head out of town to work, 2,137 work right here, and 4,516 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fallbrook.

10,253live here, work elsewhere

2,137live and work here

4,516work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fallbrook goes to work

Fallbrook (in town)right here

17%2,137

San Diego38 mi away

13%1,588

Oceanside11.6 mi away

6%764

Carlsbad17.5 mi away

5%611

Vista12.8 mi away

5%571

Escondido18.7 mi away

5%558

Temecula9.5 mi away

4%533

San Marcos16.9 mi away

4%459

Los Angeles81.7 mi away

3%351

Murrieta13.8 mi away

2%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%4,611

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

How far

How far Fallbrook commutes

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

25%

34%

24%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fallbrook is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fallbrook are

6,653 jobs are based in Fallbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fallbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fallbrook

6,653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fallbrook residents hold

12,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−1%

Jobs based in Fallbrook, 2013 → 2023: 6,696 → 6,653. 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.