Work & commute · Grover Beach

Work & commute in Grover Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Grover Beach for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are San Luis Obispo (19%), Arroyo Grande (10%) and Santa Maria (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

395 of 5,270 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,875 Grover Beach residents head out of town to work, 395 work right here, and 2,351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grover Beach.

4,875live here, work elsewhere

395live and work here

2,351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grover Beach goes to work

San Luis Obispo10.4 mi away

19%1,023

Arroyo Grande2 mi away

10%517

Santa Maria16.4 mi away

9%456

Grover Beach (in town)right here

7%395

Pismo Beach3.8 mi away

7%373

Los Angeles146.9 mi away

3%164

Atascadero25.5 mi away

2%110

Oceano1.5 mi away

2%108

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)35.1 mi away

2%89

Nipomo9.3 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,954

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

How far

How far Grover Beach commutes

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

42%

29%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grover Beach is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grover Beach are

2,746 jobs are based in Grover Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grover Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grover Beach

2,746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Grover Beach residents hold

5,270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Grover Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,749 → 2,746. 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.