Work & commute · King

Work & commute in King, CA

About one in 4 of King’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salinas (10%), San Jose (6%) and Soledad (6%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,182 of 5,072 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,890 King residents head out of town to work, 1,182 work right here, and 2,487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in King.

3,890live here, work elsewhere

1,182live and work here

2,487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where King goes to work

King City (in town)right here

23%1,182

Salinas43 mi away

10%532

San Jose83.6 mi away

6%320

Soledad18.3 mi away

6%291

Greenfield9.7 mi away

6%283

Monterey49.5 mi away

2%92

Gonzales26.4 mi away

2%87

San Francisco148 mi away

2%82

Santa Clara91.8 mi away

1%56

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)48.8 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,093

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

How far

How far King commutes

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

31%

11%

21%

37%

31%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

King is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in King are

3,669 jobs are based in King. Here is what they are, next to the jobs King’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in King

3,669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs King residents hold

5,072 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−7%

Jobs based in King, 2013 → 2023: 3,943 → 3,669. 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.