Work & commute · Hidden Meadows

Work & commute in Hidden Meadows, CA

Most working residents leave Hidden Meadows for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (28%), Escondido (12%) and Carlsbad (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 2,179 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,133 Hidden Meadows residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hidden Meadows.

2,133live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hidden Meadows goes to work

San Diego27.2 mi away

28%602

Escondido6.8 mi away

12%251

Carlsbad11.6 mi away

6%140

San Marcos6.9 mi away

6%134

Poway17.3 mi away

3%57

Los Angeles92.4 mi away

3%57

Oceanside10.8 mi away

3%56

Vista7.3 mi away

2%54

Valley Center6 mi away

2%51

Hidden Meadows (in town)right here

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%731

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

How far

How far Hidden Meadows commutes

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

30%

34%

17%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hidden Meadows is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hidden Meadows are

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

Jobs based in Hidden Meadows

227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hidden Meadows residents hold

2,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−29%

Jobs based in Hidden Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 227. 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.