Work & commute · Garey

Work & commute in Garey, CA

Most working residents leave Garey for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Maria (29%), Nipomo (8%) and Goleta (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 38 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37 Garey residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garey.

37live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garey goes to work

Santa Maria8 mi away

29%11

Nipomo14.4 mi away

8%3

Goleta40.5 mi away

5%2

Orcutt6.2 mi away

5%2

Culver City125 mi away

3%1

Arroyo Grande22.5 mi away

3%1

Santa Monica119.8 mi away

3%1

Tehachapi107.2 mi away

3%1

Fullerton152.6 mi away

3%1

Lincoln280.8 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%14

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

How far

How far Garey commutes

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

47%

13%

21%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garey is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garey are

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

Jobs based in Garey

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Garey residents hold

38 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+600%

Jobs based in Garey, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 7. 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.