Work & commute · Granite Hills

Work & commute in Granite Hills, CA

Most working residents leave Granite Hills for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (40%), El Cajon (17%) and Santee (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
24 of 1,399 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
29%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,375 Granite Hills residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granite Hills.

1,375live here, work elsewhere
24live and work here
301work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Granite Hills goes to work

La MesaEl CajonSanteeEscondidoPowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaBostoniaGranite HillsWinter GardensLa PresaCrestLakesideRancho San DiegoSan DiegoEl CajonSanteeLa MesaChula VistaPowayLos AngelesEscondidoBostoniaGranite Hills
1
San Diego12.6 mi away
40%553
2
El Cajon3.2 mi away
17%234
3
Santee5.9 mi away
4%50
4
La Mesa6.8 mi away
3%47
5
Chula Vista13.7 mi away
3%37
6
Poway14.4 mi away
3%35
7
Granite Hills (in town)right here
2%24
8
Los Angeles120.8 mi away
2%23
9
Escondido24.8 mi away
1%13
10
Bostonia2.4 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%371

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

How far

How far Granite Hills commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Granite Hills is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granite Hills are

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

Jobs based in Granite Hills

325 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Granite Hills residents hold

1,399 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+19%

Jobs based in Granite Hills, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 325. 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.

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