Work & commute · Felton

Work & commute in Felton, CA

Most working residents leave Felton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Cruz (15%), San Jose (11%) and Scotts Valley (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,702 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,619 Felton residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Felton.

1,619live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Felton goes to work

Santa Cruz5.1 mi away

15%254

San Jose23 mi away

11%185

Scotts Valley4 mi away

6%100

Felton (in town)right here

5%83

San Francisco70.6 mi away

4%60

Santa Clara23.3 mi away

3%49

Palo Alto24.9 mi away

3%48

Live Oak6.6 mi away

3%46

Sunnyvale24.1 mi away

2%39

Cupertino19.5 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%804

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

How far

How far Felton commutes

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

40%

23%

20%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Felton is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Felton are

1,214 jobs are based in Felton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Felton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Felton

1,214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Felton residents hold

1,702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+77%

Jobs based in Felton, 2013 → 2023: 686 → 1,214. 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.