Work & commute · Guadalupe

Work & commute in Guadalupe, CA

Most working residents leave Guadalupe for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Maria (32%), San Luis Obispo (6%) and Los Angeles (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 3,151 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,942 Guadalupe residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 796 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guadalupe.

2,942live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

796work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guadalupe goes to work

Santa Maria7.7 mi away

32%1,009

Guadalupe (in town)right here

7%209

San Luis Obispo21.5 mi away

6%179

Los Angeles139.4 mi away

3%97

Orcutt10.8 mi away

3%90

Nipomo6.2 mi away

2%78

Santa Barbara62.4 mi away

2%72

Arroyo Grande11 mi away

2%68

Eastern Goleta Valley57.3 mi away

1%47

Lompoc21.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,256

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

How far

How far Guadalupe commutes

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

48%

19%

29%

48%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guadalupe is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Guadalupe are

1,005 jobs are based in Guadalupe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guadalupe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guadalupe

1,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Guadalupe residents hold

3,151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Guadalupe, 2013 → 2023: 1,069 → 1,005. 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.